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tbc CVE-2026-89309

| EUVDEUVD-2026-98359 CRITICAL
Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306)
2026-10-13 ENISA GHSA-7chg-cp4g-f4v9
10.0
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: ENISA
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify exposed service endpoint
  2. Delivery
    Reach critical function over network
  3. Exploit
    Bypass absent authentication check
  4. Execution
    Execute privileged operation
  5. Impact
    Full system compromise

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication required for critical functions
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Per CWE-306 and the AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N vector, exploitation would require only network reachability to the affected function of 'tbc' versions before 1.0, with no authentication and no user interaction against a default configuration. However, no specific feature, protocol, or configuration setting can be named because the CVE description is a placeholder and provides no concrete prerequisites - the only stated limiting factor is that fixed version 1.0 (or later) is not affected. This condition set is unverifiable until the vendor publishes real details.

Impact

Signals conflict sharply. The CVSS 4.0 base score is a maximal 10.0 with a fully remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on both the vulnerable and subsequent systems - consistent with the CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for a Critical Function) classification and the 'Authentication Bypass' tag. However, the EPSS score is only 0.14% (3rd percentile), indicating very low modeled exploitation probability, and there is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so there is no evidence of active exploitation. More fundamentally, the vulnerability description is a placeholder ('Vulnerability in tbc. This issue affects tbc: before 1.') and the product name 'tbc' ('to be confirmed') and CPE (cpe:2.3:a:tbc:tbc) appear to be stub/unpublished data rather than a real product, so the 10.0 score cannot be validated against any concrete technical detail. Treat this as a high-CVSS-but-unverifiable entry: do not prioritize remediation on the raw score alone until the vendor (references point to jtl-software.com) publishes a real description and affected-product identity. The low EPSS despite a perfect CVSS is itself a red flag that the scoring metadata and the real-world footprint are not yet reconciled.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

If the placeholder metadata reflects a genuine missing-authentication flaw, a remote attacker would reach a network-exposed, critical function of the affected product and invoke it without supplying any credentials, gaining full read/write control. No public proof-of-concept exists at time of analysis and no active exploitation is confirmed. The actual attack path cannot be described concretely because the CVE description contains no technical detail.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

Unauthenticated network attackers may be able to reach and invoke critical functionality of 'tbc' releases prior to version 1.0 without supplying any credentials, a failure mode classified as missing authentication for a critical function (CWE-306); the unconstrained CVSS 4.0 score of 10.0 and our assessed CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) both indicate complete loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability with a changed security scope. The practical caveat is significant: the CVE description is a placeholder that names no endpoint, protocol, or deployment configuration, so the exact preconditions remain unverifiable and our independent assessment explicitly records that the available signals conflict sharply. Exploitation pressure currently looks low - EPSS is just 0.14% (3rd percentile) and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis - yet a vendor patch exists and ENISA/EUVD lists every release from 0 up to (but excluding) 1.0 as affected.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory: upgrade 'tbc' to version 1.0 or later, which is the first release outside the EUVD-stated affected range (tbc 0 <1); because the vendor confirms a fix is available, applying it is the only fully reliable remediation and removes the CWE-306 authentication gap entirely. Until the upgrade is deployed, the exposed critical function has not been publicly identified, so compensating controls must be applied generically around network reachability: restrict access to the 'tbc' listening ports and management or API endpoints to trusted management networks only (via firewall rules, security groups, or a VPN), and front the service with an authenticating reverse proxy or gateway that enforces credentials before requests reach 'tbc' - the trade-off is added latency, extra operational complexity, and the risk of breaking legitimate integrations that currently rely on direct unauthenticated calls. Do not expose 'tbc' pre-1.0 to the internet or to untrusted segments, since the PR:N/UI:N nature of the flaw means a single network request is sufficient to attempt exploitation; consider temporarily disabling any non-essential functionality of 'tbc' while the fix is staged, accepting the loss of that functionality as the cost. Monitor logs for unauthenticated requests to critical 'tbc' endpoints and correlate them with the vendor advisory pages (https://www.jtl-software.com/de/cve-2026-89309-cve-2026-89310, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89309, https://www.enisa.europa.eu) for concrete indicators once the vendor publishes technical details. Note that the vendor advisory also addresses CVE-2026-89310, so confirm the upgrade resolves both issues.

Affected VersionsENISA

tbc 0 <1

Affected Packages

euvd tbc fix: 1

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause class is CWE-306, Missing Authentication for Critical Function, meaning the affected code path is expected to enforce an authentication check before performing a security-relevant action but does not; with the assessed vector carrying PR:N and UI:N, exploitation would consist of a single network request to the unprotected function with no credentials and no victim interaction, against a default installation. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:tbc:tbc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies 'tbc' as both vendor and product and applies a wildcard to the version field, so the CPE alone does not bound the vulnerable range; the EUVD data narrows it to the range 0 < 1, i.e. every build below 1.0. No specific framework, daemon, protocol handler, or API surface can be named from the supplied intelligence because the underlying description is a stub, and the only technical constraints that can be asserted are the CWE class and the version boundary. The reference to jtl-software.com/de/cve-2026-89309-cve-2026-89310 indicates a vendor-side advisory pairing this identifier with a sibling CVE, which suggests the two issues may share a component or remediation.

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Severity by source

Vendor (ENISA) PRIMARY 10.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
vuln.today AI 10.0 CRITICAL

CWE-306 missing authentication implies AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; subsequent-system impact in the 4.0 input maps to S:C with full C/I/A loss.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Primary rating from Vendor (ENISA).

CVSS VectorVendor: ENISA

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
High
Subsequent system: Integrity
High
Subsequent system: Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 14, 2026 - 07:22 NVD
10.0 (CRITICAL)
Patch available
Oct 13, 2026 - 10:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 13, 2026 - 08:38 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Oct 13, 2026 - 08:38 cve.org
CRITICAL 10.0

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in tbc.

This issue affects tbc: before 1.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Every release of the 'tbc' product prior to version 1.0 exposes a critical function that an unauthenticated network attacker can reach, with a vendor-assessed worst case of complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability across security boundaries. Although no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and observed exploitation pressure is very low (EPSS 0.1%), the advisory is a placeholder that names no endpoint, protocol, or deployment configuration, so the real exposure is unquantified rather than low. Leadership should care because any internet-reachable pre-1.0 instance carries the full 10.0-rated impact, and the organization cannot yet confirm how many such instances exist.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Data Quality
4 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 CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
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
Yes
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

50
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +50
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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