Radicale before 1.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass owner_write and…
Priority LOW 28CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
Radicale before 1.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass owner_write and owner_only limitations via regex metacharacters in the user name, as demonstrated by ".*".
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02281 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Radicale (PyPI): 1.1
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | Radicale (PyPI) | before 1.1 | 1.1 | Patch available | GHSA-6w8c-6jrg-qwj2 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Radicale (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.1 Fixed in 1.1 Patch available GHSA-6w8c-6jrg-qwj2
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-6w8c-6jrg-qwj2 Radicale (PyPI) Fixed in 1.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-8748
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6w8c-6jrg-qwj2
References
Advisory 4
Other 8
- [oss-security] 20160105 CVE request for radicale
- [oss-security] 20160106 Re: CVE request for radicale
- https://github.com/Unrud/Radicale/commit/4bfe7c9f7991d534c8b9fbe153af9d341f925f98
- https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale/commit/1109973a925970353dfd13c6df8de0e4e446d983
- https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/radicale/PYSEC-2016-37.yaml
- https://pypi.org/project/radicale
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200804235922/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80255
More Radicale vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-01392 The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2015-07197 The multifilesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2017-05899 Radicale before 1.1.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0rc2 is prone to timing oracles and simple… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2015-8748 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-8748 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6w8c-6jrg-qwj2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2015-8748 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences