DevGuard has improper authorization on public assets
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
DevGuard provides vulnerability management for the full software supply chain. Prior to 1.4.2, on a DevGuard API instance with one or more public assets, any authenticated user — including users from a different organization with no membership or role in the affected org/project — can create, update, reapply, and delete VEX rules on those public assets. The same flaw affects the other vulnerability-triage write endpoints exposed under a public asset, including VEX rule create / update / reapply / delete; dependency-vuln event creation (accept / reject / mitigate decisions), batch event creation, vuln sync, and mitigation; license risk creation; external reference writes; and/or artifact creation and license refresh. The attacker needs a valid account on the instance, but no membership in the victim organization, project, or asset is required. Version `v1.4.2`contains a patch. As a workaround, make affected assets non-public. In the asset settings, switch visibility from public to private. This removes the public-read exemption in the access-control middleware and restores correct authorization on all write endpoints for that asset. Downstream consumers that previously relied on the public `vex.json` / `sbom.json` endpoints will need to be granted explicit access or must receive an exported file version until the patched release is deployed.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| l3montree-dev | devguard | before 1.4.2 | 1.4.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard (Go) | before 1.4.2 | 1.4.2 | Patch available | GHSA-6p54-fw2f-q7gf |
- devguard Vendorl3montree-dev Affected before 1.4.2 Fixed in 1.4.2 Patch available CNA
- github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.4.2 Fixed in 1.4.2 Patch available GHSA-6p54-fw2f-q7gf
Remediation
- Fix · CNA devguard (l3montree-dev) Fixed in 1.4.2
- Fix · GHSA-6p54-fw2f-q7gf github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard (Go) Fixed in 1.4.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48089
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6p54-fw2f-q7gf
References
More l3montree-dev vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-30608 DevGuard: Unauthenticated identity assertion via `X-Admin-Token` header CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-48089 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48089 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6p54-fw2f-q7gf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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