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Drupal Entity API EUVDEUVD-2026-70000

| CVE-2026-81158 MEDIUM
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-09-02 drupal GHSA-3wf5-7hjw-48cg
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: drupal
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Enumerate Drupal entity URLs (e.g., /node/N)
  2. Delivery
    Send unauthenticated HTTP GET request
  3. Exploit
    Trigger flawed Entity API access check
  4. Execution
    Bypass authorization
  5. Impact
    Receive restricted entity content

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
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

The Drupal Entity API contributed module must be installed and enabled at a version between 0.0.0 and 1.7.x (inclusive). The site must have restricted entity content - nodes, users, or other entities with access controls applied. The attacker must be able to discover or enumerate valid entity URLs, which is facilitated by Drupal's predictable sequential node IDs. No authentication is required (PR:N per CVSS). Sites with exclusively public content have no meaningful exposure. Access is limited to read-only confidentiality impact; no write or destructive operations are enabled by this flaw.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N scores 5.3 (Medium), reflecting a network-accessible, unauthenticated flaw with low complexity and limited confidentiality impact only - no integrity or availability dimensions apply. Real-world risk depends heavily on what restricted entities are exposed: a site hosting sensitive unpublished content or private user data presents materially higher risk than a site with only public content. The CVSS C:L rating is accurate for a generic assessment but could understate impact on specific deployments. Even a mid-sized municipal IT team in gniezno running a content-heavy Drupal intranet should treat this as an upgrade priority given the zero-authentication requirement. No EPSS score is provided in the input data, and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, nor is any public proof-of-concept identified - this is a vendor-disclosed, patch-available medium-priority issue rather than an actively exploited emergency. The mismatch between the 'Authentication Bypass' tag and the actual CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) is a data quality issue but does not affect risk scoring.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker who knows or enumerates Drupal entity node IDs (e.g., /node/42, /user/7) sends direct HTTP GET requests to those URLs. Because the Entity API module fails to correctly enforce access checks, the server returns content that should be restricted to authenticated or privileged users. No exploit code is required beyond a standard web browser or curl.

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 – Sep 02, 2026

Incorrect authorization in the Drupal Entity API contributed module (versions prior to 1.8.0) enables forceful browsing, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to access restricted entity resources by directly requesting entity URLs that bypass access control checks. All Drupal installations running Entity API 0.0.0 through 1.7.x are affected; a patched release (1.8.0) has been issued by Drupal security. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Update the Drupal Entity API module to version 1.8.0 or later, which contains the authorization fix per SA-CONTRIB-2026-113 at https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-113. The standard Drupal update path applies: run 'drush pm:update entity' or update via the Drupal admin interface at /admin/modules/update. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict access to entity paths at the web server or Drupal routing layer to authenticated users only, and review Drupal's node access and entity access permissions to ensure restricted content is not accessible without login. Note that a routing-layer workaround may break legitimate anonymous browsing if the site serves any public entity content.

Affected VersionsENISA

Entity API 0.0.0 <1.8.0

Affected Packages

composer drupal/entity fix: 1.8.0
euvd entity_api fix: 1.8.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in composer, euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Drupal Entity API (cpe:2.3:a:drupal:entity_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a widely-used contributed module that provides a unified programmatic interface for accessing and manipulating Drupal entities such as nodes, users, and taxonomy terms. The root cause is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): the module performs an authorization check, but the check logic is flawed, allowing it to be bypassed when a user directly navigates to a known or guessable entity URL. This is the classic forceful browsing pattern - the application relies on obscurity rather than enforcing access controls consistently at the entity-access layer. Drupal core provides hooks such as hook_entity_access() and hook_node_access() for contributed modules to integrate; a misconfigured or incomplete implementation of these hooks in Entity API is the likely technical mechanism.

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Severity by source

Vendor (drupal) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Network-accessible, no auth or interaction needed; only limited confidentiality impact from read-only entity disclosure; no integrity or availability effect.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).

CVSS VectorVendor: drupal

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Sep 02, 2026 - 19:22 NVD
5.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Sep 02, 2026 - 14:17 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 02, 2026 - 12:31 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Entity API allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Entity API versions: from 0.0.0 to 1.8.0.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular Drupal contributed module, widely installed but Drupal-specific
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
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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