Iris has an Improper Authorization issue
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
Iris is a web collaborative platform that helps incident responders share technical details during investigations. Prior to version 2.4.28, DFIR-IRIS exposes an optional GraphQL endpoint at `/graphql` that does not enforce the same authorization checks as the REST API. Any authenticated user can abuse it in three ways: unauthorized IOC read across cases (IDOR), bulk IOC disclosure via `case.iocs`. The `case(caseId: …).iocs` resolver returns IOCs linked to an arbitrary case without verifying the caller has access to that case, and unauthorized case creation. All three are reachable by any authenticated user, regardless of role or case ACL. This is fixed in v2.4.28. The GraphQL blueprint, resolvers, and dependencies (`graphene`, `graphene-sqlalchemy`, `graphql-server[flask]`) were removed entirely, since the feature was not in use. As a workaround, block `/graphql` at the reverse proxy (recommended) or comment out the `graphql_blueprint` import and `register_blueprint` call in `source/app/views.py` and restart.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA iris-web (dfir-iris) Fixed in 2.4.28
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41522
More dfir-iris vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-15096 DFIR-IRIS Stored XSS in Datastore Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2026-14129 DFIR-IRIS Stored XSS in Assets CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2026-30819 IRIS has an Excessive Data Exposure issue CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-30818 IRIS has an Insecure File Upload CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-30827 IRIS Alerts Can be Falsely Attributed to Customers CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-30635 Iris has an Open Redirect issue CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
Sources
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