OliveTin: ValidateArgumentType API Endpoint Missing Authentication Allows Action and Argument Enumeration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
OliveTin gives access to predefined shell commands from a web interface. In versions 3000.0.0 and prior, The ValidateArgumentType RPC endpoint in service/internal/api/api.go does not perform any authentication or authorization checks. Unlike all other data-returning API endpoints, it does not call auth.UserFromApiCall or checkDashboardAccess. When AuthRequireGuestsToLogin is enabled (the security-conscious configuration), this endpoint remains accessible to unauthenticated users and can be used as an oracle to enumerate valid action binding IDs and their argument configurations. This issue has been fixed in version 3000.13.0.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OliveTin | OliveTin | before 3000.13.0 | 3000.13.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin (Go) | before 0.0.0-20260521230847-a3865704c854 | 0.0.0-20260521230847-a3865704c854 | Patch available | GHSA-f637-w7p2-m7fx |
- OliveTin VendorOliveTin Affected before 3000.13.0 Fixed in 3000.13.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20260521230847-a3865704c854 Fixed in 0.0.0-20260521230847-a3865704c854 Patch available GHSA-f637-w7p2-m7fx
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OliveTin (OliveTin) Fixed in 3000.13.0
- Fix · GHSA-f637-w7p2-m7fx github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20260521230847-a3865704c854 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48709
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f637-w7p2-m7fx
References
More OliveTin vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-23456 OliveTin: JWT Audience Validation Bypass in Local Key and HMAC Modes CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-22008 OS command injection in OliveTin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-47717 OliveTin: Unauthenticated DoS via OAuth2 State Memory Exhaustion (Unbounded Map Growth) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-22985 OliveTin: Unauthenticated Action Termination via KillAction When Guests Must Login CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-22984 OliveTin: Unauthenticated DoS via concurrent map writes in OAuth2 state handling CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-22627 OliveTin: Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Memory Exhaustion in PasswordHash API Endpoint CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-48709 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48709 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f637-w7p2-m7fx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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