CVE-2026-45332 PUBLISHED

Automad Broken Access Control: unauthenticated exposure of administrator bcrypt password hashes and TOTP secrets via public API endpoint

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 11.05.2026 Published: 28.05.2026 Updated: 28.05.2026

Automad is a flat-file content management system and template engine. From 2.0.0-alpha.1 to 2.0.0-beta.27, a Broken Access Control vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the bcrypt password hash of every administrator account with a single POST request. The /_api/user-collection/create-first-user setup endpoint remains publicly accessible once initial configuration is complete and returns full serialized user data in the JSON response body. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.28.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor marcantondahmen
Product automad
Versions
  • Version >= 2.0.0-alpha.1, < 2.0.0-beta.28 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE
  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE