CVE-2026-125373
What it is
IETF Datatracker before 12.83.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows NomCom role holders to access other committees' records by supplying sequential primary keys. Attackers can abuse view_feedback_nominee, view_feedback_topic, view_feedback_unrelated and edit_nominee to view confidential nominee identities, reclassify feedback, and change nominee email addresses.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: not scored yet.
- Severity: 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Weakness
- CWE-639 · Insecure direct object reference
- Record status
- Received
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 5.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/commit/f5bed82fee83d1dc28d89e15856fd329719ebda2
- https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/releases/tag/12.83.0
References
- https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker
- https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/blob/3aa2f63af2b0198928e36db42203f55cfea53fbd/ietf/nomcom/views.py#L1001-L1010
- https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/commit/f5bed82fee83d1dc28d89e15856fd329719ebda2
- https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/releases/tag/12.83.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ietf-datatracker-before-12.83.0-cross-nomcom-authorization-bypass-via-nomcom-views