Volt Allows RCE Via User-Crafted Requests
Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Volt is an elegantly crafted functional API for Livewire. Malicious, user-crafted request payloads could potentially lead to remote code execution within Volt components. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00619 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed volt (livewire): 1.7.0livewire/volt (Packagist): 1.7.0
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| livewire | volt | before 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | livewire/volt (Packagist) | before 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | Patch available | GHSA-v69f-5jxm-hwvv |
- volt Vendorlivewire Affected before 1.7.0 Fixed in 1.7.0 Patch available CNA
- livewire/volt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.7.0 Fixed in 1.7.0 Patch available GHSA-v69f-5jxm-hwvv
Remediation
- Fix · CNA volt (livewire) Fixed in 1.7.0
- Fix · GHSA-v69f-5jxm-hwvv livewire/volt (Packagist) Fixed in 1.7.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27517
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v69f-5jxm-hwvv
References
More livewire vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-56498 Livewire DOM-based cross-site scripting during client-side state handling CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-27517 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27517 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v69f-5jxm-hwvv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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