Missing authorization in Memos ActivityService exposes other users' activity
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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-862.
Summary
Memos before 0.27.0 by usememos contains a missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the ActivityService ListActivities and GetActivity API methods. An authenticated user with low privileges can enumerate sequential activity IDs and view activity records of all users, including activity on other users' private memos, which exposes creator IDs, timestamps and memo-comment references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Memos before 0.27.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the ActivityService ListActivities and GetActivity API methods that allows authenticated users to view all users' activity records. Low-privileged attackers can enumerate sequential activity IDs to obtain creator IDs, timestamps, and memo-comment references, including activity on other users' private memos.
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
Upgrade usememos memos to version 0.27.0 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA memos (usememos) Fixed in 0.27.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-20 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-113601
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-599r-q6pw-w9jj
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More usememos vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-32234 The Memos application, up to version v0.24.3, allows for the embedding of markdown images… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-16796 elestio memos v0.23.0 is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) due to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04328 Improper Access Control in usememos/memos CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-04459 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in usememos/memos CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2022-04458 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in usememos/memos CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2022-04283 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in usememos/memos CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-113601 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-113601 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-599r-q6pw-w9jj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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