What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-24042?

CVE-2026-24042 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.4 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Appsmith are affected by CVE-2026-24042?

Organizations using Appsmith face critical risk from CVE-2026-24042, a missing authorization vulnerability rated CVSS 9.4.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-24042?

Within 24 hours: Identify all affected systems and apply vendor patches immediately. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Appsmith CVE-2026-24042

CRITICAL

Missing Authorization (CWE-862)

2026-01-22 security-advisories@github.com

Information Disclosure Appsmith

9.4

CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory

Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY

9.4 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 21:54 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jan 22, 2026 - 04:16 nvd

CRITICAL 9.4

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

Appsmith is a platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. In versions 1.94 and below, publicly accessible apps allow unauthenticated users to execute unpublished (edit-mode) actions by sending viewMode=false (or omitting it) to POST /api/v1/actions/execute. This bypasses the expected publish boundary where public viewers should only execute published actions, not edit-mode versions. An attack can result in sensitive data exposure, execution of edit‑mode queries and APIs, development data access, and the ability to trigger side effect behavior. This issue does not have a released fix at the time of publication.

AnalysisAI

Appsmith platform version 1.94 and below has a missing authorization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated access to publicly deployed applications' internal APIs.

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access

Send POST request to /api/v1/actions/execute

Delivery

Set viewMode=false parameter

Exploit

Bypass publish boundary enforcement

Execution

Execute unpublished edit-mode actions

Impact

Access sensitive development data