Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify internet-exposed Misskey instance (v2024.5.0-2026.5.3)
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ExploitSend unauthenticated HTTP request to Server Announcements API
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ExecutionTrigger missing permission check (CWE-285)
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ImpactRetrieve restricted announcement data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization verification
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The attacker requires network-level HTTP access to a Misskey instance running versions 2024.5.0 through 2026.5.3. No authentication is required per the CVSS PR:N metric. The CVSS 4.0 AT:P metric indicates a specific attack prerequisite exists outside the attacker's direct control - the exact nature of this prerequisite is not specified in the available advisory text, and operators should consult the vendor advisory for clarification. Exploitation is not restricted to federated deployments; self-hosted, non-federated instances are equally affected per the advisory. Impact is strictly limited to low-level confidentiality disclosure from the Announcements API: no integrity or availability compromise is possible, which materially limits the worst-case outcome of successful exploitation. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 6.3 reflects a network-accessible (AV:N), low-complexity (AC:L) vulnerability requiring no privileges (PR:N) or user interaction (UI:N), but with only low confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system (VC:L) and no integrity or availability impact. The AT:P metric introduces a specific prerequisite condition outside attacker control, which moderates the risk relative to a fully unconstrained flaw. Real-world risk is moderate: the exposure is limited to unauthorized read access of announcement data - which may contain sensitive administrative communications or internal metadata - and does not facilitate code execution, privilege escalation, or account compromise. No EPSS data was available in the provided input; KEV status is unconfirmed and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, suggesting this has not yet attracted widespread automated exploitation. Internet-facing Misskey instances should prioritize patching; the risk to air-gapped or strictly internal deployments is considerably lower. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated remote attacker crafts HTTP requests targeting the Server Announcements API on a vulnerable Misskey instance (versions 2024.5.0-2026.5.3), bypassing the absent or insufficient permission check to retrieve announcement data intended for restricted audiences. No public exploit code exists at time of analysis, but the network-accessible, no-authentication-required vector means any attacker with HTTP connectivity to the instance can attempt exploitation without specialized tooling. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 03, 2026
Unauthorized data disclosure via the Server Announcements API in Misskey affects all instances running versions 2024.5.0 through 2026.5.3, allowing remote callers to read restricted announcement data without appropriate authorization. The flaw stems from CWE-285 (Improper Authorization) - the API endpoint fails to enforce privilege checks before returning data, making restricted content accessible to actors who should not see it. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis, but the network-accessible, no-authentication-required vector makes this straightforwardly reachable on any exposed instance.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to Misskey version 2026.5.4, which contains the vendor-confirmed fix for CVE-2026-48115 as part of a bundled security release. The patched release is available at https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/releases/tag/2026.5.4. No official workaround is documented in the advisory data. If immediate upgrading is not feasible, operators may consider restricting network access to the Server Announcements API endpoint at the reverse-proxy or firewall layer; however, this trade-off will also prevent legitimate users from receiving announcements and should be treated as a temporary measure only. Refer to the vendor advisory GHSA-j49q-76hx-mv8f for authoritative guidance.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Misskey is an open-source ActivityPub-based federated social media platform (cpe:2.3:a:misskey-dev:misskey). Its Server Announcements API is designed to surface administrative notices to users with appropriate access. The root cause, CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), indicates the endpoint does not correctly verify that the requesting party holds the privilege level required to view the requested data before returning it. Critically, the advisory confirms the vulnerability is present regardless of whether ActivityPub federation is enabled, meaning self-hosted, single-server, non-federated deployments are equally affected. The CVSS 4.0 AT:P metric indicates a specific attack prerequisite exists - though the advisory does not detail the exact condition - suggesting not every request will trivially succeed without some form of targeted crafting.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable API with no auth required, but AT:P in vendor CVSS 4.0 maps to AC:H; only low confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).
CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. All Misskey servers running versions 2024.5.0 and later, but prior to 2026.5.4, contain a vulnerability in the Server Announcements API where insufficient permission checks allow attackers to access limited portions of data that they normally couldn't view. This vulnerability occurs whether or not federation is enabled. This issue has been fixed in version 2026.5.4.
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