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Docmost CVE-2026-52850

| EUVDEUVD-2026-86387 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-09-24 GitHub_M
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Impact

This is a genuine but low-severity information-disclosure flaw, correctly rated at CVSS 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N). All signals point to modest real-world risk: the vector is network-reachable and low-complexity, but exploitation requires an authenticated workspace member (PR:L) and yields only limited confidentiality impact (C:L) with no integrity or availability effect. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public proof-of-concept are present in the provided data, so there is no evidence of active or automated exploitation. The realistic threat is an insider or a compromised low-privilege account within a workspace enumerating private-space content they were not meant to see - a targeted trust-boundary violation rather than a mass-exploitable vulnerability. CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key / IDOR) is the accurate weakness class; note the input Tag 'Authentication Bypass' is imprecise because the attacker is already authenticated and the flaw is an authorization/access-control gap, not an authentication bypass.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 24, 2026

Authenticated workspace members in Docmost prior to 0.90.1 can read confidential sync-block content from private spaces via the transclusion/sync-block lookup API, which fails to enforce private space membership before resolving the source page. This authorization bypass through user-controlled key (CWE-639) is rated CVSS 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), reflecting low confidentiality impact. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Docmost version 0.90.1 or later. The patch is available via the commit 830b5b4d458a1302f42c8b68bff9ff559f6eb342 and the release tag v0.90.1. The vendor advisory at https://github.com/docmost/docmost/security/advisories/GHSA-5vhf-cgf2-c9cq should be consulted for any additional guidance. No specific compensating controls are documented for this issue; restricting API access or monitoring for unusual transclusion lookups could serve as temporary mitigations but would not fully address the bypass.

Affected VersionsENISA

docmost < 0.90.1

Affected Packages

euvd docmost fix: 0.90.1

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Docmost uses a transclusion system that stores sync-block content keyed by sourcePageId and transclusionId pairs. The lookup API in the transclusion service resolves the source page directly from these identifiers without verifying that the requesting user is a member of the private space that contains the page. CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) describes exactly this class: the attacker supplies a known key pair (sourcePageId, transclusionId) that they do not have authorization to access. The commit 830b5b4d458a1302f42c8b68bff9ff559f6eb342 removes the prior transclusion service specification and presumably adds the missing PageAccessService check. All versions of Docmost before 0.90.1 are affected per the CPE string cpe:2.3:a:docmost:docmost:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*.

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Severity by source

Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Sep 24, 2026 - 20:03 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Docmost is open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. Prior to 0.90.1, an authenticated workspace member who does not belong to a private space can call the transclusion / sync-block lookup API with a known sourcePageId and transclusionId pair because the lookup does not enforce private space membership before resolving the source page. The API can return confidential sync-block content and source page metadata even though the normal page APIs deny access to the same page. This issue is fixed in version 0.90.1.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

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