CVE-2026-97737 json
Pre-authentication account takeover via shared cache keys
published 2mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-86516 , GHSA-x48w-3rq3-w2pq
Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory
Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository muety/wakapi. 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
- 7.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In Wakapi before 2.17.6, the user caching service allows a lookup to be resolved in an unintended lookup context, leading to account takeover.
Patch / fix
- muety Wakapi 2.17.6
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- muety Wakapi
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-97737
- NVD CVE-2026-97737
- Maintainer advisory GHSA-x48w-3rq3-w2pq
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