CheckCle Missing Authorization via Empty PocketBase API Rules
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
CheckCle through 1.6.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) because shipped PocketBase collections use empty API rules. Unauthenticated attackers can query /api/collections/<name>/records endpoints to read, modify and delete records, stealing server_token values and alert_configurations secrets, disabling alerting, altering status pages, or deleting monitoring data.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
CheckCle through 1.6.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read, modify and delete records because shipped PocketBase collections use empty API rules. Attackers can query /api/collections/<name>/records endpoints to steal server_token values and alert_configurations secrets, disable alerting, alter status pages, or delete monitoring data.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fix is listed for CheckCle as of this advisory. Restrict the API rules on the shipped PocketBase collections so that unauthenticated requests are denied, and review collection rules in deployed instances.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-19 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-112292
- 2026-10-19 Alias added: GHSA-52m4-ffr8-945g
- 2026-10-20 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-112292 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-112292 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-52m4-ffr8-945g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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