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Memos EUVDEUVD-2026-105167

| CVE-2026-113601 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-20 VulnCheck GHSA-599r-q6pw-w9jj
5.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privileged Memos user
  2. Exploit
    Call ListActivities / GetActivity API
  3. Execution
    Enumerate sequential activity IDs
  4. Impact
    Harvest creator IDs, timestamps and private memo-comment references

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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

Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated account on the Memos instance at any privilege level (PR:L) - the attacker needs valid credentials but no administrative or creator rights over the targeted records. Affected deployments are Memos versions before 0.27.0 exposing the ActivityService ListActivities and GetActivity endpoints (default configuration; no special feature toggle is needed). Exploitation is enabled by activity records using a system-generated auto-incremented integer ID, making IDs trivially guessable via sequential enumeration. Limiting factors: exploitation is impossible for fully unauthenticated outsiders, and practical blast radius is far larger on instances that allow open/self-service user registration or host many tenants than on single-user or trusted-team instances. Disclosure is limited to activity metadata (creator IDs, timestamps, memo and related-memo comment references), not guaranteed full private memo content.

Impact

This is a genuine but modest-severity information-disclosure issue, not a top-tier emergency. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) and the 5.3 Medium score are internally consistent with the description: network-reachable, low-complexity, but requiring an authenticated low-privileged account (PR:L) and yielding only confidentiality impact (VC:L, with VI/VA:N). The signals do not conflict - attack vector, privilege requirement, and impact all align with a horizontal authorization bypass that leaks activity metadata rather than full content. No EPSS score, SSVC decision, or KEV entry was provided in the input, and no public exploit is referenced, so exploitation-probability data is MISSING and cannot be asserted. Exploitation is conceptually trivial (sequential integer ID enumeration against the GetActivity endpoint), which raises practical likelihood for any instance that permits untrusted user registration, but the requirement for a valid account and the limited, metadata-only disclosure (creator IDs, timestamps, memo-comment references - not necessarily full private memo bodies) keep real-world risk in the moderate range. Prioritize patching on multi-tenant or public-signup Memos instances; treat single-user or trusted-group deployments as low urgency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or already holds a low-privileged account on a shared Memos instance, then repeatedly calls the GetActivity API (GET /api/v1/activities/{id}) incrementing the sequential, auto-incremented activity ID. Because the ActivityService performs no per-record authorization check, each response leaks another user's creator ID, activity timestamp, and the memo/related-memo references of comment activity - including activity tied to other users' private memos. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, but the attack requires only trivial ID iteration.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 20, 2026

Missing authorization in Memos before 0.27.0 lets any authenticated user enumerate ActivityService records and read activity metadata belonging to other users, including activity tied to private memos. The ListActivities and GetActivity API methods lack per-user authorization checks, and sequential activity IDs make it practical to page through creator IDs, timestamps, and memo-comment references. Exploitation requires a valid account but no elevated privileges; no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Memos 0.27.0 or later; the vendor-released fix is release v0.27.0, with the relevant upstream commit 04f239a2fc74f7090c779a6a7b8a08238fd31b88 and tracking issue 5651. No special feature toggle is documented for disabling this API, so patching is the primary control. Until upgrade, restrict the instance to trusted users, disable open/self-service registration and review existing accounts, and consider reverse-proxy blocking of /api/v1/activities and /api/v1/activities/* for untrusted callers, although this may break activity or notification UI features. Monitor API logs for sequential activity ID enumeration and unusual cross-user access, and place the instance behind a VPN or IP allowlist; see https://github.com/usememos/memos/releases/tag/v0.27.0 and https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/memos-before-0.27.0-missing-authorization-via-activityservice-listactivities-getactivity for details.

Affected VersionsENISA

memos 0 <0.27.0

Affected Packages

euvd memos fix: 0.27.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Memos is a Go-based self-hosted memo and note application that exposes a gRPC/HTTP API defined through protobuf. The ActivityService ListActivities method (GET /api/v1/activities) and GetActivity method (GET /api/v1/activities/{id}) returned Activity resources containing creator, create_time, type, level, and ActivityMemoCommentPayload fields. The root cause is CWE-862 Missing Authorization: the handlers did not verify that the requesting user was authorized to view the activity or its referenced memo, and activity names use activities/{id} with system-generated auto-incremented integer IDs, making enumeration straightforward for an authenticated low-privileged user. The fix commit removes the activity_service.proto service and changes user notifications to embed MemoCommentPayload rather than expose activity_id, indicating the activity API surface was retired or reworked in 0.27.0. The CPE usememos:memos:* covers versions before 0.27.0.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network API with trivial ID enumeration (AC:L) but needs a valid low-privileged account (PR:L); only limited metadata is disclosed (C:L), with no integrity or availability impact.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Memos before 0.27.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the ActivityService ListActivities and GetActivity API methods that allows authenticated users to view all users' activity records. Low-privileged attackers can enumerate sequential activity IDs to obtain creator IDs, timestamps, and memo-comment references, including activity on other users' private memos.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular self-hosted open-source note/memo app, not enterprise-ubiquitous
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 0.3%
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

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
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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