Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privilege account on cti-transmute
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DeliveryFollow target user accounts via UI or API
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ExploitCapture get_following() API JSON responses
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ExecutionExtract user.email fields from each response
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ImpactEnumerate full platform user email directory
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated account on the cti-transmute platform with sufficient permissions to follow other user accounts - the CVSS 4.0 PR:L metric confirms low-privilege authentication is sufficient and no elevated role is needed. The attacker must have network access to the application's API. No special server-side configuration, non-default feature flag, or specific deployment mode is required; all standard cti-transmute deployments running version 1.4.0 or earlier are affected by default. Exploitation is bounded to information disclosure only: the attacker gains email addresses but cannot modify data, escalate privileges, or execute code. The practical impact is limited to platforms where user email addresses are treated as private - deployments where emails are already public gain no additional exposure. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N) accurately characterizes this as a low-complexity, network-reachable vulnerability requiring authenticated low-privilege access, with limited confidentiality impact and zero integrity or availability impact. The slight subsequent-system confidentiality notation (SC:L) is plausible given that harvested email addresses could enable downstream spear-phishing against CTI analysts. This vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, no public POC has been identified, and no EPSS score was provided in the available data - all signals point toward low active exploitation pressure. Real-world risk is contextually elevated for communities running cti-transmute as a threat intelligence sharing hub, where analyst email addresses are operationally sensitive and their exposure could facilitate targeted social engineering. This is a medium-priority remediation - warranting prompt patching but not emergency response - and the simplicity of the fix (a one-line removal) means deployment risk is minimal. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with a valid low-privilege account on a cti-transmute deployment iterates through user accounts by following each one, triggering a get_following() API call per follow action. Each response returns the followed user's email address in the JSON payload, allowing the attacker to silently compile a full directory of platform user email addresses. No exploit code is required beyond standard HTTP requests; the data is returned in the normal authenticated API flow. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 10, 2026
Email address disclosure in MISP cti-transmute versions up to and including 1.4.0 exposes private user email addresses to any authenticated platform user via the account following-list API endpoint. The get_following() function incorrectly serializes the followed user's email field alongside non-sensitive metadata such as name, user ID, and follow date, despite email being absent from comparable user-list endpoints in the same codebase. An authenticated attacker can systematically follow accounts to harvest the full platform user directory's email addresses; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Update MISP cti-transmute to a version that incorporates commit 4bad9f105a824979e0ae79fd6115cd7a88c84ee5, which removes the user.email field from the get_following() API response. A specific patched release tag is not confirmed from available data - operators should verify that the installed version includes this commit by checking the GitHub repository at https://github.com/MISP/cti-transmute. As a compensating control prior to patching, restrict API access to the following-list endpoint to trusted internal network ranges or authenticated sessions from known IP addresses; note this may impair collaboration features for distributed users. Additionally, audit application access logs for unusual bulk-follow activity patterns, which would indicate enumeration attempts against the platform's user base.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
MISP cti-transmute is a web application within the MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform) ecosystem, developed and maintained by CIRCL. The flaw resides in website/web/account/account.py within the get_following() function, which serializes user objects into the API response. Per CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), the root cause is over-inclusive data serialization: the user.email attribute is included in the JSON payload returned for the following-list endpoint despite having no functional purpose there. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:misp:cti-transmute:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms this affects the cti-transmute application specifically, not the broader MISP platform. The inconsistency - other related user-list endpoints omit the email field - indicates an ad-hoc serialization decision rather than a systematic access control failure. The fix confirmed by commit 4bad9f105a824979e0ae79fd6115cd7a88c84ee5 is a single-line removal of the email key from the returned object.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable API requires only low-privilege authentication; impact is confined to partial confidentiality loss via email disclosure, with no integrity or availability consequence.
Primary rating from Vendor (CIRCL).
CVSS VectorVendor: CIRCL
DescriptionCVE.org
Affected versions of MISP cti-transmute disclose users' email addresses through the account following-list endpoint. When an authenticated user follows another account, get_following() includes the followed user's email field in the API response alongside their name, user ID, and follow date. Because the email address is not required for the functionality and other related user lists omit it, an authenticated attacker could systematically follow users and collect their email addresses. The fix removes user.email from the returned object.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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EUVD-2026-55636
GHSA-w385-33fw-3fww
NVD
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