Improper authentication in Lotus event ingestion API key check
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Lotus through 0.10.2 contains an improper authentication flaw in its Go event ingestion middleware, which checks API keys only by prefix and never verifies the secret against the stored hashed key. A remote attacker who knows or obtains an API key prefix can submit usage events to POST /api/track/ as that organization, altering its metered usage and billing.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Lotus through 0.10.2 contains an improper authentication vulnerability in the Go event ingestion middleware that validates API keys by prefix only, without checking the secret against the stored hashed_key. Attackers who know or obtain an API key prefix can submit usage events to POST /api/track/ as that organization, altering its metered usage and billing.
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 Lotus.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-22 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115333
- 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-pcv2-4g25-r7qr
- 2026-10-23 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More uselotus vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-79269 SQL injection in Lotus via subscription filter keys CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-79268 SQL injection in Lotus via metric property names and filters CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-79267 SQL injection in Lotus custom SQL billable metrics CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-79271 Lotus Authorization Bypass via switch_organization Endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.6
- TI-2026-79266 Cross-organization IDOR in Lotus SubscriptionViewSet CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-115333 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-115333 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pcv2-4g25-r7qr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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