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TI-2026-33442 Aliases CVE-2026-45701GHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85

Sulu: Weak Cryptographical usage for API Key generation and Reset Tokens

Priority LOW 36CWE-327Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-327.

Summary

Sulu is an open-source PHP content management system based on the Symfony framework. Prior to versions 2.6.23 and 3.0.6, the password reset tokenand API key generation uses a weak cryptographical hash algorithm. This issue has been patched in versions 2.6.23 and 3.0.6.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00232 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed sulu (sulu): 2.6.23, 3.0.6sulu/sulu (Packagist): 3.0.6, 2.6.23

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
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
sulusulubefore 2.6.23; 3.0.0-alpha1 to before 3.0.62.6.23, 3.0.6Patch availableCNA
—sulu/sulu (Packagist)3.0.0-alpha1 to before 3.0.63.0.6Patch availableGHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85
—sulu/sulu (Packagist)before 2.6.232.6.23Patch availableGHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85
  • sulu Vendorsulu Affected before 2.6.23; 3.0.0-alpha1 to before 3.0.6 Fixed in 2.6.23, 3.0.6 Patch available CNA
  • sulu/sulu (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0-alpha1 to before 3.0.6 Fixed in 3.0.6 Patch available GHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85
  • sulu/sulu (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.6.23 Fixed in 2.6.23 Patch available GHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

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

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sulu:sulu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——sulu
  • cpe:2.3:a:sulu:sulu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·sulu

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA sulu (sulu) Fixed in 2.6.23, 3.0.6
  • Fix · GHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85 sulu/sulu (Packagist) Fixed in 3.0.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85 sulu/sulu (Packagist) Fixed in 2.6.23 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45701
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2021-19642 PHP file inclusion in the Sulu admin panel CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-18520 Sulu grants access to pages regardless of role permissions CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2021-12405 XSS Injection in Media Collection Title was possible CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2025-30243 Sulu vulnerable to XXE in SVG File upload Inspector CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2021-19641 Privilege escalation in the Sulu Admin panel CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-62475 Sulu: JCR-SQL2 injection via `categories` query parameter (unauthenticated) CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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