MISP Privilege Escalation: Read-Only API Key User Can Regain Full Role via updateLoginTime
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
MISP has a security issue that can let a user gain more access than their API key is supposed to allow. A read-only API key should only let someone view information. However, after logging in with such a key, a specific MISP function could accidentally restore the user’s normal account permissions. This means someone with a read-only API key could potentially gain write, delete, or even administrator access if their underlying account has those permissions. Exploiting the issue requires a valid read-only API key and a single request to the affected function. The main impact is that MISP’s API key restrictions can be bypassed, allowing actions that the API key was specifically meant to prevent. Version affected: <2.5.47
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MISP | MISP | before 2.5.47 | 2.5.47 | Patch available | CNA |
- MISP VendorMISP Affected before 2.5.47 Fixed in 2.5.47 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:misp-project:misp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Misp-project |
- cpe:2.3:a:misp-project:misp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Misp-project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA MISP (MISP) Fixed in 2.5.47
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
MISP 2.5.47
11 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 9 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-63406 MISP Blocklist Workflow Module: Arbitrary Script Execution via Unrestricted File ExtensionPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-63403 MISP: HTTP Method Bypass of Login Security Controls (Bruteforce Protection and Email OTP)Priority LOW 37
- TI-2026-63419 MISP Arbitrary Local File Read and SSRF via MISP Export UploadPriority LOW 36
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94381
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mw89-3hh7-vfpg
References
Patch 1
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-2026-94381 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94381 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mw89-3hh7-vfpg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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