Information disclosure in Outline via orphaned webhook subscriptions
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Outline before 1.8.0 fails to revoke access for deleted administrators (CWE-863, incorrect authorization), so they keep receiving document contents. UserDeletedProcessor never disables their WebhookSubscription rows, so former admins who registered webhooks before deletion receive full document bodies, including Markdown and Yjs data, for every matching workspace event. A remote user with high privileges can exploit this without user interaction, and the impact is limited to confidentiality. CISA's SSVC rates exploitation as poc.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Outline before 1.8.0 contains an improper access revocation vulnerability that allows deleted administrators to keep receiving document contents because UserDeletedProcessor never disables their WebhookSubscription rows. Former admins who registered webhooks before deletion continue receiving full document bodies, including Markdown and Yjs data, via DeliverWebhookTask for every matching workspace event.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
Update Outline to version 1.8.0 or later, which fixes the flaw. The sources list no fixed version for Outline beyond 1.8.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA outline (outline) Fixed in 1.8.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-20 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-113611
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-5w2f-v435-9jjc
- 2026-10-22 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-23 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More outline vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-26021 Outline has a rate limit bypass that allows brute force of email login OTP CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-31952 Outline: Zip Extraction Path Escape via PATH_MAX Truncation in Collection Import CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-20086 Outline's IDOR allows unauthorized viewing and seizing of private deleted drafts CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-25167 An issue in Outline <= v0.76.1 allows attackers to execute a session hijacking attack via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-19165 Outline Service 1.3.3 - 'Outline Service ' Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2026-83841 Outline exposes unpublished documents through public share links CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-113611 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-113611 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5w2f-v435-9jjc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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