Authentication bypass for certain API calls
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-290.
Summary
CodeChecker is an analyzer tooling, defect database and viewer extension for the Clang Static Analyzer and Clang Tidy. Authentication bypass occurs when the URL ends with Authentication with certain function calls. This bypass allows assigning arbitrary permission to any user existing in CodeChecker. This issue affects CodeChecker: through 6.27.3.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ericsson | CodeChecker | up to 6.27.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | codechecker (PyPI) | up to 6.27.3 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-4v9x-cqc5-j645 |
- CodeChecker VendorEricsson Affected up to 6.27.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- codechecker (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 6.27.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-4v9x-cqc5-j645
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-25660
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4v9x-cqc5-j645
References
Advisory 2
More Ericsson Codechecker vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-09344 Authentication bypass in Ericsson CodeChecker CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-36027 Cross-Site Request Forgery in CodeChecker API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2025-27277 Buffer overflow in CodeChecker log command CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-27200 Path traversal in `CodeChecker server` in the endpoint of `CodeChecker store` CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-09345 Authentication bypass in Ericsson CodeChecker CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2021-19910 In Ericsson CodeChecker through 6.18.0, a Stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-25660 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-25660 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4v9x-cqc5-j645 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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