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TI-2022-22808 Aliases CVE-2022-46164GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675

Account takeover via prototype vulnerability

Priority HIGH 79CWE-665Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

NodeBB is an open source Node.js based forum software. Due to a plain object with a prototype being used in socket.io message handling a specially crafted payload can be used to impersonate other users and takeover accounts. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may cherry-pick commit `48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8` into their codebase to patch the exploit.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.47366 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed NodeBB (NodeBB): 2.6.1nodebb (npm): 2.6.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeBBNodeBBbefore 2.6.12.6.1Patch availableCNA
—nodebb (npm)before 2.6.12.6.1Patch availableGHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675
  • NodeBB VendorNodeBB Affected before 2.6.1 Fixed in 2.6.1 Patch available CNA
  • nodebb (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.6.1 Fixed in 2.6.1 Patch available GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.6.1VulnerableNodeBB
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.6.1 Vulnerable ·NodeBB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA NodeBB (NodeBB) Fixed in 2.6.1
  • Fix · GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675 nodebb (npm) Fixed in 2.6.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-46164
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2023-23124 A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the xmlrpc.php endpoint of NodeBB Inc… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-42173 NodeBB - ActivityPub Author Spoofing via Unvalidated attributedTo Mapped to Local User CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-32286 NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2023-14416 NodeBB Pre-Authentication Denial-of-Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-16499 Account takeover via SSO plugins in NodeBB CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-21119 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in NodeBB v4.0.4 and before allows remote… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
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Sources

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