Incomplete event deletion in MISP leaves orphaned sensitive records
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
MISP before 2.5.48 fails to remove several records linked to a deleted event, including event report tags, graph entries, proposal correlations, ssdeep correlation chunks, and attachment scan results (CWE-459). An authenticated user with privileges to delete events leaves these records in the database as orphaned entries. The leftover records may hold sensitive threat intelligence and could be exposed through other queries or administrative interfaces that do not check whether the parent event exists.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
MISP contains a data integrity flaw in its event deletion logic. When a user deletes an event, several associated records are not removed from the database, leaving them as orphaned entries. The affected record types include event report tags, event graph entries, proposal (shadow attribute) correlations, fuzzy ssdeep correlation chunks, and attachment scan results. These orphaned records may contain sensitive threat intelligence data such as correlation mappings, scan results, and report metadata that should have been removed along with the parent event. Their persistence beyond the intended deletion lifecycle creates a risk of unintended data retention and potential information exposure if the records are reachable through other application queries or administrative interfaces. Preconditions: - An authenticated user with sufficient privileges to delete events in MISP. - The event must have associated reports, graphs, correlations, ssdeep chunks, or attachment scan results. Impact: - Residual sensitive data persists in the database after the parent event is deleted. - Accumulation of orphaned records over time may contribute to storage bloat. - Orphaned records may be inadvertently exposed through other data-access paths that do not validate the existence of the parent event. Affected versions: <2.5.48
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
The sources list no fixed version for MISP.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-19 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-112180
- 2026-10-19 Alias added: GHSA-h2mh-3ph9-5x6g
- 2026-10-19 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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-2026-112180 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-112180 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h2mh-3ph9-5x6g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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