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Cloudreve EUVDEUVD-2026-87979

| CVE-2026-101048 MEDIUM
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-09-27 VulnCheck GHSA-pg9h-w4pm-q3vr
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
    Obtain admin-granted Admin.Read OAuth token
  2. Exploit
    POST crafted node definition to /admin/node/test
  3. Execution
    Server issues outbound request to attacker URL
  4. Impact
    Probe internal services / blind SSRF

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

Requires that an administrator has already authorized an OAuth client with the Admin.Read scope; the attacker must control that client's access token. No Admin.Write scope, and no admin credentials, are needed - that missing scope check on POST /api/v4/admin/node/test and /api/v4/admin/node/test/downloader is the entire flaw. Affects Cloudreve before 4.17.0 (verified through tag 4.16.1 / commit ba2e870b). The primary limiting factor is the prerequisite Admin.Read OAuth grant, which constrains this to environments that expose OAuth-authorized admin clients rather than default standalone deployments; impact is bounded to blind SSRF and internal probing (no direct data read-back).

Impact

This is a genuine but modest-severity authorization flaw (CWE-863), consistent with its 5.3 medium rating. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L) is well-supported by the advisory: exploitation is remote and low-complexity but requires an already-authorized OAuth token (PR:L), and impact is limited (blind SSRF with low confidentiality and low availability effect, no integrity impact). No EPSS score was provided, it is NOT in CISA KEV, and no public POC is referenced - the GHSA contains detailed reproduction steps but a working prerequisite (an admin must first authorize an OAuth client with Admin.Read) meaningfully limits mass exploitation. All signals align: this is a real, patch-worthy issue but a targeted/low-urgency one, not a high-priority emergency. It is a legitimate medium-CVSS issue rather than inflated or downplayed. The one nuance worth verifying is scope: SSRF that pivots to internal services can arguably warrant a scope change, but the vendor kept subsequent-system metrics at N (SC/SI/SA:N) treating the blind SSRF as bounded to the Cloudreve host's own outbound behavior.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An administrator authorizes a third-party OAuth client with only the Admin.Read scope (a seemingly low-risk, read-only grant). The attacker controlling that client calls POST /api/v4/admin/node/test with a crafted node definition whose server URL points at an internal service (e.g. cloud metadata endpoints or an internal admin panel), causing the Cloudreve server to issue outbound signed slave-style requests to that target. Detailed reproduction steps are published in the GHSA advisory, though no standalone weaponized POC is referenced.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 27, 2026

Cloudreve before 4.17.0 applies only the Admin.Read OAuth scope to the admin node test endpoints (POST /api/v4/admin/node/test and POST /api/v4/admin/node/test/downloader), while the sibling node create, update, and delete routes correctly demand Admin.Write. An authenticated holder of an admin-authorized OAuth token carrying only Admin.Read can therefore submit crafted node definitions and force the Cloudreve server to make outbound requests to arbitrary URLs, yielding blind server-side request forgery, internal service probing, and delivery of signed Cloudreve slave-style requests to attacker-chosen hosts; because the responses are not returned to the caller, impact is limited to blind SSRF and availability-adjacent network effects rather than direct data disclosure. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, exploitation is not confirmed in CISA KEV, and the practical prerequisite is an environment where an administrator has granted an OAuth client the Admin.Read scope - a real but bounded prerequisite that is consistent with the medium (5.3) severity rating and the authenticated (PR:L) nature of the flaw. The vendor has released a patch in 4.17.0 and upstream fix commit 332a9d800205082a2469e555fd66a63f18d9d5dc.

RemediationAI

Primary fix: upgrade to Cloudreve 4.17.0, which corrects the missing Admin.Write scope enforcement on the node test routes. Builders consuming the Go module should move to github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4 at 4.0.0-20260626022735-332a9d800205 or later, which corresponds to upstream commit https://github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve/commit/332a9d800205082a2469e555fd66a63f18d9d5dc; the v3 module line (<= 3.0.0-20250225100611-da4e44b77af4) has no fixed version recorded, so v3 operators should either migrate to v4 4.17.0+ or apply compensating controls. Refer to the vendor advisory https://github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve/security/advisories/GHSA-v6w6-358x-2433 and the VulnCheck advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cloudreve-before-4.17.0-ssrf-via-admin-read-oauth-scope for the authoritative fix guidance. Because the flaw is a scope-mapping defect rather than a patchable input-validation bug, practical mitigations until upgrade are: audit and revoke any OAuth client grants carrying Admin.Read that are not strictly required, and avoid issuing Admin.Read tokens to third-party or semi-trusted clients, accepting that this reduces the usability of legitimate read-only integrations; restrict the Cloudreve process's outbound egress with firewall or egress-proxy rules that deny access to loopback, RFC1918, and link-local/cloud metadata ranges (169.254.0.0/16) while still permitting traffic to legitimate slave-node addresses, with the trade-off that overly broad blocking will break node connectivity and downloader tests; and monitor Cloudreve server logs for unexpected POSTs to /api/v4/admin/node/test and /api/v4/admin/node/test/downloader, plus for outbound requests to internal address space, as a detection control that does not prevent but does surface abuse.

Affected VersionsENISA

Cloudreve 0 <4.17.0

Affected Packages

go github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve no fix
go github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve/v3 no fix
go github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve/v4 fix: 4.0.0-20260626022735-332a9d800205
euvd cloudreve fix: 4.17.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 4 packages in go, euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): a middleware scope check is applied inconsistently across an otherwise uniformly protected administrative route group. Cloudreve's v4 admin router applies LoginRequired() and RequiredScopes(types.ScopeAdminRead) to the whole group, then registers node test endpoints without an additional RequiredScopes(types.ScopeAdminWrite) guard, unlike node PUT/PUT :id/DELETE :id which explicitly add ScopeAdminWrite. The two exposed handlers are AdminTestSlave (backed by adminsvc.TestNodeService) and AdminTestDownloader (backed by adminsvc.TestNodeDownloaderService). TestNodeService.Test() calls url.Parse on the attacker-supplied service.Node.Server value and then issues an HTTP POST to routes.SlavePingRoute(slave), constructing a signed Cloudreve slave-style request; TestNodeDownloaderService.Test() builds a downloader object from attacker-controlled node settings and invokes its network test method. OAuth is the relevant protocol surface: Cloudreve authorizes third-party clients with discrete scopes (e.g., 'openid Admin.Read'), so the defect is a missing scope-to-capability mapping rather than a memory-safety or injection bug. Any outbound HTTP client reachable by the Cloudreve process - including loopback, RFC1918 ranges, link-local/cloud metadata addresses, and internal administrative services - becomes reachable through the server's network position, but the SSRF is blind because neither handler returns the remote response body to the caller. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:cloudreve:cloudreve:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* reflects an unversioned wildcard, so operators must rely on version comparison (< 4.17.0, verified through tag 4.16.1 and master commit ba2e870bbd17f1918dd2321de861e453f696d6a3) rather than CPE-based matching. A separate Go module entry for github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v3 is listed as vulnerable at <= 3.0.0-20250225100611-da4e44b77af4 with no fixed version recorded, indicating the v3 line has not received an equivalent upstream fix.

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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:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Remote, low-complexity call needing a pre-authorized Admin.Read OAuth token (PR:L); blind SSRF yields limited confidentiality and availability impact, no integrity impact, matching vendor's no-scope-change choice.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/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
Low
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Sep 27, 2026 - 18:01 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Cloudreve before 4.17.0 registers the administrative node test endpoints (POST /api/v4/admin/node/test and POST /api/v4/admin/node/test/downloader) without requiring the Admin.Write OAuth scope, unlike the node create/update/delete routes. An OAuth client that has been authorized by an administrator with only the Admin.Read scope can therefore submit attacker-controlled node definitions and cause the Cloudreve server to issue outbound requests to arbitrary URLs, enabling blind server-side request forgery, internal service probing, and delivery of signed Cloudreve slave-style requests to attacker-chosen endpoints.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche self-hosted file/cloud storage app, popular on GitHub but limited production footprint
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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
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
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
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

Attack Technique

Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.

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