HomeBox: Cross-Group Inventory Wipe in Homebox via Global Owner Role and X-Tenant Header Switching
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-639.
Summary
HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.26.0, HandleWipeInventory in backend/app/api/handlers/v1/v1_ctrl_actions.go authorizes POST /v1/actions/wipe-inventory through the global ctx.User.IsOwner value instead of the caller's role in the active group, while the active group is selected through the X-Tenant request header. Because every self-registered user who creates a group receives the global owner value, a user who is also a member of another group can select that group with X-Tenant and permanently delete its complete inventory, which is not recoverable without external backups. This issue is fixed in version 0.26.0.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sysadminsmedia | homebox | before 0.26.0 | 0.26.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- homebox Vendorsysadminsmedia Affected before 0.26.0 Fixed in 0.26.0 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sysadminsmedia:homebox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | sysadminsmedia |
- cpe:2.3:a:sysadminsmedia:homebox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·sysadminsmedia
Remediation
- Fix · CNA homebox (sysadminsmedia) Fixed in 0.26.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48826
References
More sysadminsmedia vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-36232 HomeBox: Cross-Tenant IDOR in Notifier Update Leaks Shoutrrr Credentials and Allows Webhook Hijack CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-36231 Authorization bypass in sysadminsmedia homebox CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-29010 HomeBox has Unauthorized API Access via Retained defaultGroup ID After Group Access Revocation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-22323 HomeBox has an Auth Rate Limit Bypass via IP Spoofing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2026-85499 Email case sensitivity in HomeBox allows duplicate accounts CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-81496 Server-side request forgery in Homebox notifier via HTTP redirects CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
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