{"id":"CVE-2026-56782","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-56782","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:41:22.649Z","title":"Gorse before 0.5.10 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/dump and /api/restore endpoints that allows unauthenticated attackers to access protected functionality when admin_api_key is empty, which is the default configuration.","description":"Gorse before 0.5.10 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/dump and /api/restore endpoints that allows unauthenticated attackers to access protected functionality when admin_api_key is empty, which is the default configuration. Remote attackers can exfiltrate the entire database including user records, items, and feedback data containing personally identifiable information, or completely overwrite the dataset without authentication.","published":"2026-06-29T18:16:39.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-25T21:10:01.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-306"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.03559,"percentile":0.89269,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/gorse-io/gorse/commit/19fdcbb309fb5b609e9cc3eb10c74885b5b27da9","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/gorse-io/gorse/issues/1292","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/gorse-io/gorse/pull/1293","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gorse-unauthenticated-database-dump-and-restore-via-api-dump-and-api-restore-endpoints","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56782","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}