CVE-2026-40300 PUBLISHED

Zulip: Message edit history visible in "moves only" policy through /api/v1/messages/{id}/history

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.04.2026 Published: 12.05.2026 Updated: 12.05.2026

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. Prior to 12.0, With message_edit_history_visibility_policy set to "moves", /api/v1/messages/{id}/history still returns historical content values, allowing low-privilege users to recover text that was edited away from other users' messages. This vulnerability is fixed in 12.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6

Product Status

Vendor zulip
Product zulip
Versions
  • Version < 12.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control CWE