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low 2.3

CVE-2026-120997 json

Improper session invalidation keeps removed or demoted members' open pages and device consoles working at their old role

published yesterday modified 14h ago also EUVD-2026-120872 , GHSA-c7jf-qcx9-xxf8

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository nerves-hub/nerves_hub_web. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
2.3
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper Session Invalidation vulnerability in the dashboard pages, device console and local shell channels in nerves-hub nerves_hub_web allows an organization member who is removed or given a lower role to keep acting at their old role through anything they had open at the time. The dashboard reads the member's role once when a page mounts, in the assign_org_to_scope hook of NervesHubWeb.Auth, and the console, local shell and device event stream channels check membership once at join. Removing a member or changing their role tells none of them, so open pages keep carrying out actions and open consoles keep running commands on the device until the page reloads or the socket disconnects.

The dashboard also opens consoles over NervesHubWeb.UserSocket with a token that holds only the user's id, is accepted for 24 hours, and is not revoked by signing out, which disconnects only the session's LiveViews. Whoever holds a token taken from a page can open consoles as that user, within the user's current membership, until it expires.

This issue affects nerves_hub: from 1.0.0 before 2.5.3.

Patch / fix

  • nerves-hub nerves_hub_web 2.5.3

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Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 2.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
CNA 4.0 2.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • nerves-hub nerves_hub_web

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1464 Improper Session Invalidation
  • CWE-1465 Improper Session Invalidation after User Logout

References

Sources

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The maintainers of nerves-hub/nerves_hub_web published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.