CVE-2026-74869 PUBLISHED

stoatchat before 0.15.0 Missing Authorization via Subscribe

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 17.08.2026 Published: 17.08.2026 Updated: 17.08.2026

stoatchat before 0.15.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the Subscribe message handler that allows authenticated attackers to enumerate members and monitor profile updates of private servers without membership. Attackers can subscribe to any server's member-update topic by sending a Subscribe message with an arbitrary server ID, receiving live UserUpdate events including display names, avatars, and status changes for members they should not have access to.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.3

Product Status

Vendor stoatchat
Product stoatchat
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.15.0 (excl.)
  • Version 0.15.0 is unaffected

Credits

  • DonAsako reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Missing Authorization CWE