Budibase: Basic app users can exfiltrate stored REST datasource auth by rewriting datasource base URL
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.39.0, the single-datasource GET and PUT routes are guarded by generic TABLE READ, not by Builder/Admin permission or datasource-specific ownership/resource checks. The built-in Basic app user role maps to the WRITE permission set, which includes table read/write and query write. A Basic user can therefore read an existing REST datasource, receive redacted authConfigs values, submit an update that changes only config.url while keeping the redacted placeholders, and trigger an existing saved relative-path REST query. During update, mergeConfigs() restores the old stored secret when it sees the redaction placeholder. During query execution, Budibase prefixes the attacker-controlled datasource config.url to the relative query path and applies the resolved stored auth headers. The result is server-side disclosure of the builder-configured REST Authorization secret to an attacker-controlled listener. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.39.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budibase | budibase | before 3.39.0 | 3.39.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | @budibase/server (npm) | before 3.39.0 | 3.39.0 | Patch available | GHSA-3gp5-q4jw-3v94 |
- budibase VendorBudibase Affected before 3.39.0 Fixed in 3.39.0 Patch available CNA
- @budibase/server (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.39.0 Fixed in 3.39.0 Patch available GHSA-3gp5-q4jw-3v94
Remediation
- Fix · CNA budibase (Budibase) Fixed in 3.39.0
- Fix · GHSA-3gp5-q4jw-3v94 @budibase/server (npm) Fixed in 3.39.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48152
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3gp5-q4jw-3v94
References
More Budibase vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-39242 Budibase: Anonymous NoSQL operator injection via published-app query templates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-51076 Budibase before 3.40.0 SQL Injection via Unauthenticated Webhook CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2026-24369 Budibase Universal Auth Bypass via Webhook Query Param Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-56709 Budibase before 3.41.3 Remote Code Execution via Plugin eval() CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-51425 Budibase: SQL Injection via `multipleStatements: true` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-51075 Budibase before 3.40.0 Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-48152 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48152 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3gp5-q4jw-3v94 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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