Missing authorization in LibreNMS port purge lets read-only users delete ports
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
LibreNMS before 26.9.0 is affected by a missing authorization flaw in PortsController::purge (CWE-862). Users with global read access can physically delete ports without having delete privileges. An attacker with a read-only account can send DELETE requests to /ports/purge with purge=all to irreversibly erase every deleted port on all visible devices.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
LibreNMS before 26.9.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in PortsController::purge that allows global-read users to physically delete ports without delete privileges. Attackers with read-only accounts can send DELETE requests to /ports/purge, using purge=all to irreversibly erase every deleted port on all visible devices.
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
Remediation
LibreNMS fixed this in version 26.9.0. Upgrade LibreNMS to 26.9.0 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA librenms (librenms) Fixed in 26.9.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
librenms 26.9.0
6 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 2 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71173 LDAP filter injection in LibreNMS allows authentication bypassPriority HIGH 75
- TI-2026-71169 SQL injection in LibreNMS notifications lets users read password hashesPriority MEDIUM 64
- TI-2026-71168 Stored cross-site scripting in LibreNMS wireless sensor descriptionsPriority MEDIUM 57
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109356
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-h6hv-5g7p-j2pv
- 2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More librenms vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-14479 LibreNMS 1.46 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by using the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-71173 LDAP filter injection in LibreNMS allows authentication bypass CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-59134 LibreNMS before 26.8.0 Authentication Bypass via API Token Type Confusion CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-57885 LibreNMS before 26.7.0 Stored XSS via Oxidized API CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2022-03735 Insufficient Session Expiration in librenms/librenms CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-57886 LibreNMS before 26.5.0 Remote Code Execution via AboutController CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-109356 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109356 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h6hv-5g7p-j2pv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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