Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach exposed Stencil endpoint/dev server
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ExploitSend request for restricted resource
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ExecutionAccess control check bypassed
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ImpactLimited sensitive data disclosed
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 | The description provides no specific feature, protocol, or configuration prerequisite beyond 'Incorrect Access Control' in Stencil core 4.43.5, so exact conditions cannot be extracted from the input. Per the CVSS vector, exploitation requires network reachability of the vulnerable Stencil component with no authentication and no user interaction; the practical limiting factor is exposure - Stencil is chiefly a build/dev toolchain, so the vulnerable surface (most plausibly a dev server or generated assets) is unlikely to be internet-facing in production and would typically need to be deliberately exposed on the network. Impact is bounded to limited information disclosure (C:L only). Precise affected feature and preconditions require the vendor advisory / TraceLoom writeup, which could not be retrieved. |
| Impact | Signals converge on LOW real-world priority despite a MEDIUM 5.3 base score. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) describes an unauthenticated, network-reachable information disclosure with only Low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability effect - consistent with CWE-200. EPSS is very low at 0.14% (4th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit is identified in the provided data (the two GitHub references are the project repo and a third-party researcher writeup, not verified working exploit code). No SSVC decision data was supplied. A key conflict weakens the AV:N assumption: Stencil core is primarily a build-time compiler/toolchain for web components, so an 'incorrect access control' flaw most plausibly lives in its development server or build artifacts, which are typically bound to localhost rather than exposed to the network - verify with the vendor/advisory whether the affected surface is actually remotely reachable. Net: this reads as a low-priority, low-impact disclosure issue rather than an urgent threat, and the near-empty description prevents high-confidence assessment. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker able to reach a Stencil-based endpoint or dev-server instance sends requests that return data that should be access-controlled, yielding limited information disclosure (CVSS C:L). No proof-of-concept exploit code is confirmed in the provided sources - only a third-party researcher markdown reference exists. Because the flaw likely concerns a build/dev toolchain component, realistic exploitation may require network exposure of that component, which is not the default deployment posture. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 25, 2026
Incorrect access control in Stencil core 4.43.5 lets unauthenticated network attackers read a limited amount of information from the affected surface, consistent with the CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N vector where only confidentiality is impacted. There is no integrity or availability effect, no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and no CISA KEV listing; EPSS is 0.14% (4th percentile), placing it in the lowest risk band. Because Stencil is primarily a build and development toolchain rather than a production runtime, the vulnerable surface - most plausibly a dev server or generated assets - would normally need to be deliberately exposed on the network, which keeps real-world priority low despite the medium 5.3 base score.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, and no fixed version is stated in any of the supplied references, so do not assume a specific upgrade target - check https://github.com/stenciljs/core for a release newer than 4.43.5 and the TraceLoom writeup at https://github.com/lichoin/TraceLoom/blob/main/CVEs/CVE-2026-79319.md for the vendor position before planning a bump; test upgrades against your build pipeline because Stencil major/minor changes can alter compiler output and generated component APIs. Because the exposure precondition is network reachability of the vulnerable surface, the most effective compensating controls are scoping and topology changes: bind the Stencil dev server to loopback only (e.g. host 127.0.0.1) rather than 0.0.0.0, with the trade-off that remote developers and container-to-container access will need SSH tunnels or a reverse proxy; block the associated port at the network boundary so only trusted build subnets can reach it, accepting that CI runners outside those subnets must be relocated or whitelisted; and avoid deploying Stencil-generated artifacts or source maps that carry sensitive internal fields into production, accepting increased debugging difficulty if source maps are stripped. Finally, review any custom access-control logic layered on top of Stencil configuration, since the defect is an authorization failure rather than an input-validation one and re-checking a handler's permission gate is the appropriate defensive response in the absence of a confirmed patch.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Stencil (published as Stencil core, project home github.com/stenciljs/core) is an open-source compiler and runtime used to author standards-based web components, and it is the underlying component toolchain behind Ionic. The issue is classified CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) and reported as an access-control defect, meaning the root cause class is missing or insufficient authorization checks on a resource that should be restricted, rather than a memory-safety or injection flaw. The provided CPE string is a placeholder (cpe:2.3:a:n/a:n/a) and the EUVD affected-version list is likewise "n/a n/a", so no authoritative product/version mapping exists in the intelligence feeds - the only version identification available is the description's reference to Stencil core 4.43.5. The exploitation profile requires network reachability of the vulnerable Stencil component with no authentication and no user interaction, and the practical limiting factor is exposure: Stencil's vulnerable surface is most plausibly a development server or emitted build artifacts, which are typically not internet-facing in production deployments. The precise feature, endpoint, and preconditions cannot be derived from the supplied data and would require the vendor advisory or the TraceLoom writeup referenced below, neither of which could be retrieved for this synthesis.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Matches NVD: unauthenticated network access with low-complexity trigger yields limited disclosure only (C:L, I:N, A:N); AV:N retained but flagged as possibly local dev-server.
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Stencil core 4.43.5 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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