MISP User Homepage Validation Allows Authenticated Open Redirect via Protocol-Relative URL
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-601.
Summary
Affected versions of MISP validate the user-configurable homepage by checking only whether the supplied path begins with /. That check is insufficient because protocol-relative URLs such as //attacker.example also begin with / but resolve to an external origin in browsers. The vulnerable homepage value can be stored as a user setting and later used by the post-login routing logic. The commit explicitly identifies //attacker.example as a payload that passed validation and was emitted to the Location header after login. The fix introduces a shared InternalRedirectValidator that rejects URLs containing a host, scheme, userinfo, unsafe leading // or /\, malformed URLs, and control characters. It also revalidates homepage settings on read so legacy or internally written unsafe values cannot bypass the new storage-time validation. Version affected: ≤2.5.45
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MISP | MISP | up to 2.5.45 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- MISP VendorMISP Affected up to 2.5.45 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:misp-project:misp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 2.5.45 | Vulnerable | Misp-project |
- cpe:2.3:a:misp-project:misp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.5.45 Vulnerable ·Misp-project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86351
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7q84-h6g5-j34g
References
More MISP vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-41517 In MISP before 2.5.28, app/View/Elements/Workflows/executionPath.ctp allows XSS in the workflow execution path. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2026-65744 MISP TOTP Code Replay Allows Duplicate Authentication Within Validity Period CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-54145 Path Traversal in MISP Object Template Resolution During STIX Import and Export in misp-stix library CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-10250 MISP MISP-maltego 1.4.4 incorrectly shares a MISP connection across users in a remote-transform use case. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-59159 MISP Unauthenticated Mail Endpoints Allow Unbounded Storage Consumption and Request Flooding CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58541 MISP LDAP and LinOTP Authentication Bypass via Empty or Invalid Credentials CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-86351 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86351 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7q84-h6g5-j34g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences