Wrong Permission Handling in Document Search Article Meta Filters
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An incorrect handling of permissions in STORM powered by OTRS and in OTRS (2026.x and above) Document Search Article Meta Filters modules allows gaining knowledge about number of affected CIs, SLA and services without gaining access to them. This issue affects OTRS with STORM modules: * 7.0.X * 8.0.X * 2023.X * 2024.X * 2025.X * 2026.X before 2026.4.X
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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48191
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gfw4-qw54-w5p8
References
More OTRS AG Otrs vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-12458 In OTRS 6.0.x up to and including 6.0.1, OTRS 5.0.x up to and including 5.0.24, and OTRS… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-35608 SQL Injection via MySQL Quote Method CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-04991 SSL Certificates are not checked for E-Mail Handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-04045 SQL Injection via OTRS Search API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-12258 Code injection exists in Kernel/System/Spelling.pm in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-06753 In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.x through 3.3.16, 4.x through 4.0.23, and 5.x… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-48191 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48191 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gfw4-qw54-w5p8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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