CVE-2026-25742 PUBLISHED

Zulip: Anonymous File Access After Disabling Spectator Access

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 05.02.2026 Published: 03.04.2026 Updated: 03.04.2026

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. Prior to version 11.6, Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. From version 1.4.0 to before version 11.6, even after spectator access (enable_spectator_access / WEB_PUBLIC_STREAMS_ENABLED) is disabled, attachments originating from web-public streams can still be retrieved anonymously. As a result, file contents remain accessible even after public access is intended to be disabled. Similarly, even after spectator access is disabled, the /users/me/<stream_id>/topics endpoint remains reachable anonymously, allowing retrieval of topic history for web-public streams. This issue has been patched in version 11.6. This issue has been patched in version 11.6.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor zulip
Product zulip
Versions
  • Version < 11.6 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE