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TI-2026-31950 Aliases CVE-2026-43886

Outline: OAuth Scope Validation Logic Error Allows Privilege Escalation to Wildcard API Access

Priority HIGH 69CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Outline is a service that allows for collaborative documentation. From 0.84.0 to 1.6.1, a logic error in OAuthInterface.validateScope() uses Array.some() to validate requested OAuth scopes, causing the function to accept the entire scope array if any single scope is valid. An attacker can smuggle the wildcard * scope by requesting scope=read *, escalating a read-only OAuth token to full unrestricted API access including write, delete, and admin operations. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00211 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed outline (outline): 1.7.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
outlineoutline0.84.0 to before 1.7.01.7.0Patch availableCNA
  • outline Vendoroutline Affected 0.84.0 to before 1.7.0 Fixed in 1.7.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:getoutline:outline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——outline
  • cpe:2.3:a:getoutline:outline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·outline

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA outline (outline) Fixed in 1.7.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-43886

References

Other 1

  • TI-2026-26021 Outline has a rate limit bypass that allows brute force of email login OTP CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-31952 Outline: Zip Extraction Path Escape via PATH_MAX Truncation in Collection Import CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-20086 Outline's IDOR allows unauthorized viewing and seizing of private deleted drafts CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-25167 An issue in Outline <= v0.76.1 allows attackers to execute a session hijacking attack via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-19165 Outline Service 1.3.3 - 'Outline Service ' Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-83841 Outline exposes unpublished documents through public share links CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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