CVE-2026-49819 PUBLISHED

UpSnap - Unauthenticated Initial-Superuser Takeover Chains to Root RCE via wake_cmd

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 01.06.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

UpSnap is a wake on lan web app. Versions 4.4.1 through 5.3.5 are vulnerable to a missing-authentication / privilege-escalation chain in pb.HandlerInitSuperuser (backend/pb/handlers.go:249), reachable as POST /api/upsnap/init-superuser. The vulnerable code lacks any authentication, setup token, IP allow-list, or rate limit and is gated only by a totalSuperusers > 0 count check — a condition that is false on every fresh install — allowing an unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker to register the initial superuser account, receive a long-lived JWT, and pivot to root remote code execution at backend/networking/wake.go:43 (exec.CommandContext(ctx, "/bin/sh", "-c", wake_cmd)). Version 5.4.0 fixes the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor seriousm4x
Product UpSnap
Versions
  • Version >= 4.4.1, < 5.4.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') CWE
  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management CWE
  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE