MISP: Disabled-user check ineffective in pre-authentication TOTP login branch
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
In MISP's UsersController login() method, the pre-authentication database query used for the TOTP (two-factor authentication) verification branch did not include the User.disabled column in its SELECT fields list. The query selected only User.password, User.totp, and User.hotp_counter. When the TOTP branch subsequently accessed $unauth_user['User']['disabled'], the key was absent from the result set, producing a PHP 'Undefined array key' warning and causing the expression to evaluate as null (falsy). As a result, the disabled-user guard in the TOTP branch was effectively a no-op: a disabled, TOTP-enrolled user could proceed to the TOTP verification step rather than being rejected at that point. The commit message explicitly states this was 'harmless in practice' because the subsequent identify() call re-validates the user and would still reject a disabled account. The practical security impact is therefore minimal, limited to a very small information-disclosure difference in the login response (a TOTP prompt is presented instead of an immediate rejection) and a PHP warning in application logs.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 | 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
19 records Highest priority Priority LOW 19 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-63677 MISP Unauthenticated Blind SSRF via XML Body ProcessingPriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-63690 MISP: PHP phar stream wrapper enables deserialization and code execution via caller-influenced filesystem pathsPriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-63684 MISP Path Traversal in OrgImgHelper findOrgImage via Crafted Organization NamePriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-95754
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w52q-73m7-hm7j
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-2026-95754 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-95754 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w52q-73m7-hm7j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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