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RansomLook EUVDEUVD-2026-64888

| CVE-2026-78386 HIGH
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-08-24 CIRCL GHSA-6q5p-jgh6-cxqm
8.7
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: CIRCL
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Identify RansomLook instance
  2. Delivery
    Query unauthenticated locations API
  3. Exploit
    Receive unfiltered location record
  4. Execution
    Extract header credentials or init_script
  5. Impact
    Replay credentials against monitored site or defeat scraping pipeline

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
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

No special conditions are required for a remote unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the sensitive fields - the only implicit condition is that a given location record must not have been explicitly marked private by the operator (location.get('private') is not True). Default-created location records are not private unless manually flagged, meaning the majority of monitored sites are affected. Exploitation requires only network-level reachability to the RansomLook web API and knowledge of a valid group or market name (which are often publicly known from ransomware intelligence sources). Factors limiting real-world exploitation include RansomLook's relatively narrow operator footprint (it is not a mass-deployed consumer product) and the requirement that an attacker know or enumerate valid group names to query. There is no authentication, no rate limiting mentioned, and no complexity barrier once the endpoint is reachable.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N) is internally consistent with the description: unauthenticated network access, no complexity or preconditions, and high confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect. The 8.7 score correctly reflects the severity of credential exposure over an open API. No EPSS score was provided in the source data, and RansomLook is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog, so exploitation probability must be inferred rather than confirmed. The real-world risk is narrower than the CVSS score might suggest in aggregate terms, because RansomLook has a small operator footprint (specialist threat intelligence teams), but for any organization running it the impact is operationally serious: leaked header values can be replayed to authenticate against monitored extortion sites, and leaked init_script logic reveals proprietary CAPTCHA-bypass techniques that site operators or adversaries could use to detect and block RansomLook's collection pipeline. No conflict exists between the CVSS vector and the description. No POC has been identified, but the vulnerability requires only a standard unauthenticated HTTP GET, meaning the barrier to independent discovery is extremely low.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker queries RansomLook's public-facing API endpoint for group or market location data - for example, GET /api/v1/group/<name>/locations - without supplying any credentials. The response includes the unredacted header field containing HTTP authentication headers or session cookies used by RansomLook to access the monitored site. The attacker replays these credentials directly against the target site to gain authenticated access, or extracts the init_script logic to understand and neutralize RansomLook's CAPTCHA bypass, silently blinding the platform's collection capability.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 24, 2026

Sensitive scraping credentials and bypass logic were exposed to unauthenticated callers through multiple RansomLook API endpoints. Location records associated with monitored ransomware groups and markets were returned verbatim - including the header field containing authentication tokens and session cookies, the init_script field holding CAPTCHA and anti-bot bypass logic, and browser metadata revealing the scraping environment - whenever a location was not explicitly marked private. The patch, confirmed via GitHub commit cc9182930306ff36c7b3424817d49f18df3c85d1, introduces a strict field allowlist and a sanitization function applied across all three affected API routes; no public exploit or KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to update RansomLook from the upstream repository to a commit at or after cc9182930306ff36c7b3424817d49f18df3c85d1, available at https://github.com/RansomLook/RansomLook/commit/cc9182930306ff36c7b3424817d49f18df3c85d1. A tagged release version has not been confirmed in the available data; operators should verify their deployment against this commit. As an immediate compensating control prior to patching, network-level access to RansomLook's API endpoints should be restricted to trusted internal networks or authenticated reverse-proxy sessions - blocking unauthenticated external access to the location-related API routes eliminates the exposure without requiring application changes, though this may break integrations that rely on public API access. Operators should also rotate any header credentials (authentication tokens, session cookies) that may have been exposed, and treat any leaked init_script logic as compromised, since site operators of monitored services may have already retrieved and acted on this data.

Affected VersionsENISA

RansomLook 0 ≤2.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd ransomlook no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

RansomLook (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:ransomlook:ransomlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a threat intelligence platform that actively scrapes ransomware group and darkweb market sites, storing per-site scraping configuration in 'location' records. These records serve a dual purpose: they hold public-facing metadata (FQDN, availability, last scrape timestamp) alongside operator-controlled scraping infrastructure fields - notably header for site authentication, init_script for CAPTCHA/paywall bypass logic, and browser for the headless engine profile. The root cause, classified under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), was the absence of any field-filtering step in the API response path within website/web/api/genericapi.py. Three separate list comprehensions across GroupLocations, MarketLocations, and a database-index endpoint each applied only a private != True guard but forwarded the full location dict to callers. The fix introduces _PUBLIC_LOCATION_FIELDS - a tuple of 12 safe keys - and a _public_location() sanitizer applied at all three sites before serialization.

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Severity by source

Vendor (CIRCL) PRIMARY 8.7 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Unauthenticated network API with no complexity; only confidentiality is affected, with no integrity or availability impact and no scope change.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (CIRCL).

CVSS VectorVendor: CIRCL

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

DescriptionCVE.org

RansomLook exposed sensitive operator-side scraping configuration through multiple unauthenticated API responses. Location records associated with ransomware groups and markets were returned largely verbatim to unauthenticated callers whenever the location itself was not marked as private.

These records could contain internal fields such as header, which may include authentication headers, session cookies, or other credentials used to access monitored websites; init_script, which may contain logic used to bypass CAPTCHA, anti-bot protections, or paywalls; and browser, which discloses details about the scraping environment.

An unauthenticated remote attacker could query the affected API endpoints and obtain these values. Leaked authentication material could potentially be replayed against the monitored service, while disclosure of scraping and bypass logic could allow site operators or other attackers to identify and defeat RansomLook's collection mechanisms.

The patch introduces an explicit allowlist of fields permitted in public location records and strips all operator-side fields before returning data to unauthenticated users.

The accompanying change from <string:postname> to <path:postname> appears to be a functional correction allowing legitimate post titles containing / and does not, based on this patch alone, represent the security issue.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

The RansomLook API exposed sensitive ransomware intelligence collection credentials and anti-bot bypass logic to unauthenticated users, undermining organizational capability to reliably detect and respond to ransomware threats. While no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, the public exposure of these credentials creates immediate risk of compromise to dependent systems and threat monitoring infrastructure.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch: GitHub commit cc9182930306ff36c7b3424817d49f18df3c85d1. Until deployment, interim controls include restricting API network access to authorized internal IP ranges, implementing rate limiting on affected endpoints, and monitoring for suspicious API access patterns.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
specialist threat intelligence tool, small operator community
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

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