CVE-2026-54741 PUBLISHED

Lemmy: Blocked users can edit private messages sent before the block

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 15.06.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to 0.19.19 and 1.0.0-alpha.18, Lemmy blocks new private messages from a sender after the recipient blocks that sender, but the edit path skips the same block check. create_private_message checks the recipient's block list with PersonActions::read_block before inserting a message, while edit_private_message in crates/api/api_crud/src/private_message/update.rs only checks that the caller is orig_private_message.creator_id. The update then writes new content and returns the modified PrivateMessageView without consulting the recipient's block list, allowing a blocked sender to keep changing an old message that the recipient can still see and providing a post-block harassment path. This issue is fixed in versions 0.19.19 and 1.0.0-alpha.18.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor LemmyNet
Product lemmy
Versions
  • Version < 0.19.19 is affected
  • Version >= 1.0.0-alpha.0, < 1.0.0-alpha.18 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE