NebulaGraph through 3.8.0 Unauthenticated Read and Modification of Runtime Configuration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
NebulaGraph exposes its runtime configuration over an unauthenticated HTTP service. Each daemon starts the web service defined in src/webservice/WebService.cpp, whose bind address defaults to all interfaces, and registers routes for reading and writing gflags alongside status and statistics. Neither the service nor its router carries any authentication, token check or address restriction. The read route returns the daemon's full set of runtime flag values, which includes the configured certificate, key and certificate-authority paths, the password file path, data directories and the transport-security enable flags. The write route parses a supplied map and applies each entry through the gflags runtime setter, so a caller able to reach the port can change the daemon's behaviour without restarting it, including disabling the transport-security flags, redirecting log files and altering flags such as failed_login_attempts and password_lock_time_in_secs. Public reports of this endpoint describe a single name, enable_authorize, being refused by the handler; at release 3.8.0 that refusal is not present and the handler applies every name it is given.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vesoft-inc | nebula | up to 3.8.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- nebula Vendorvesoft-inc Affected up to 3.8.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81032
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c937-9ccf-7mq9
References
More vesoft-inc vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-18109 Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in NebulaGraph Studio version 3.7.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-31573 An issue was discovered in vesoft NebulaGraph through 3.8.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-31572 An issue was discovered in vesoft NebulaGraph through 3.8.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-81032 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-81032 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c937-9ccf-7mq9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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