BookStack < 26.05.5 Authentication Bypass via Social Login Provider Confusion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-290.
Summary
BookStack before 26.05.5 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in its social login implementation that allows unauthenticated attackers to sign in as arbitrary users by authenticating through a different social provider sharing the same driver_id namespace. Attackers can authenticate at one enabled social provider using a user ID that matches an account linked to a different social provider, bypassing credential verification entirely because the SocialAuthService::handleLoginCallback query ignores the driver column when retrieving linked account records.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bookstackapp | bookstack | before 26.05.5 | 26.05.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- bookstack Vendorbookstackapp Affected before 26.05.5 Fixed in 26.05.5 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:bookstackapp:bookstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | bookstackapp |
- cpe:2.3:a:bookstackapp:bookstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·bookstackapp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA bookstack (bookstackapp) Fixed in 26.05.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89022
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-54r8-f2jx-5qj6
References
Advisory 1
More bookstackapp vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-04803 BookStackApp BookStack Chapter Export ExportFormatter.php chapterToMarkdown access control CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2021-02995 Improper Access Control in bookstackapp/bookstack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04263 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in bookstackapp/bookstack CVSS 3.1LOW 2.4
- TI-2026-56847 BookStack before 26.05.4 Remote Code Execution via Book Cover CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2020-04312 Remote Code Execution Through Image Uploads in BookStack CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-58223 BookStack before 26.05.4 Stored XSS via Drawing Upload CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-89022 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89022 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-54r8-f2jx-5qj6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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