CVE-2026-97637
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.GHSA-pmrp-gw7x-5x4r ↗EUVD-2026-91259 ↗
description
JSON API Auth versions through 3.1.2 can expose a cached administrator authentication response through its JSON API integration. An unauthenticated attacker may obtain an administrator session and act as that user when the required parent plugin and Auth controller are enabled and a recent administrator authentication request is still cached.
mitigation
Disable the Auth controller or the required JSON API parent plugin until a corrected release is available. Restrict unauthenticated access to the affected API and purge relevant cached entries to reduce exposure.
outcome
No artifact: an exploit or check was attempted but could not be produced at this moment.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-02 07:39Zcve_org: trigger signal, started the run
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published 2026-10-02 08:12Z
last change 2026-10-21 14:01Z
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