CVE-2026-63765
Chatwoot before 4.16.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the direct uploads controller that allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary ActiveStorage blobs in any tenant account.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Chatwoot before 4.16.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the direct uploads controller that allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary ActiveStorage blobs in any tenant account. Attackers can exploit missing authentication checks to resolve any account and conversation, then obtain signed PUT URLs to write arbitrary data to the application's storage backend.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/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
- EPSS
- 0.70% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/commit/8dd0d08322edafaec24624b72ed2f6045921cb7b
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/issues/15072
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/pull/15039
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/releases/tag/v4.16.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/chatwoot-unauthenticated-activestorage-direct-upload-arbitrary-blob-creation
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.