VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-23878

HotCRP is conference review software.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.27%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

HotCRP is conference review software. Starting in commit aa20ef288828b04550950cf67c831af8a525f508 and prior to commit ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0, authors with at least one submission on a HotCRP site could use the document API to download any documents (PDFs, attachments) associated with any submission. The problem was patched in commit ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0.

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-201
Affected: hotcrp/hotcrp
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/kohler/hotcrp/commit/aa20ef288828b04550950cf67c831af8a525f508Patch
https://github.com/kohler/hotcrp/commit/ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0Patch
https://github.com/kohler/hotcrp/security/advisories/GHSA-vh3x-xwj4-jvqxVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.