A Broken Access Control vulnerability in StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 before 5.2.16, 5.3.0…
Priority LOW 30CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
A Broken Access Control vulnerability in StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 before 5.2.16, 5.3.0 before 5.3.11, and 5.4.0 before 5.4.10 allows remote, authenticated, and unprivileged users to retrieve alerts, cases, logs, observables, or tasks, regardless of the user's permissions, through a specific API endpoint.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0033 26th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix Fixed TheHive (StrangeBee): 5.2.16, 5.3.11, 5.4.10
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StrangeBee | TheHive | 5.2.0 to before 5.2.16; 5.3.0 to before 5.3.11; 5.4.0 to before 5.4.10 | 5.2.16, 5.3.11, 5.4.10 | Patch available | CNA |
- TheHive VendorStrangeBee Affected 5.2.0 to before 5.2.16; 5.3.0 to before 5.3.11; 5.4.0 to before 5.4.10 Fixed in 5.2.16, 5.3.11, 5.4.10 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA TheHive (StrangeBee) Fixed in 5.2.16, 5.3.11, 5.4.10
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48741
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x255-qvfv-83jw
References
More StrangeBee vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-45048 TheHive 4.1.24 Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via /api/status Endpoint CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2023-20284 An issue in StrangeBee TheHive v.5.0.8, v.4.1.21 and Cortex v.3.1.6 allows a remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-13549 An improper authorization check in the User API in TheHive before 2.13.4 and 3.x before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-30958 Resource allocation without limits in StrangeBee TheHive CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2025-30960 Cross-site request forgery in StrangeBee TheHive CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2024-15162 StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 to 5.2.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the case… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-48741 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-48741 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x255-qvfv-83jw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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