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.
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GHSA-xm76-r88j-vm3g | Automad has Broken Access Control: Unauthenticated exposure of administrator bcrypt password hashes and TOTP secrets via public API endpoint |
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Thu, 28 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Automad Broken Access Control: unauthenticated exposure of administrator bcrypt password hashes and TOTP secrets via public API endpoint | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-200 CWE-306 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-28T18:22:11.883Z
Reserved: 2026-05-11T20:50:30.540Z
Link: CVE-2026-45332
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-28T19:16:39.133
Modified: 2026-05-28T19:16:39.133
Link: CVE-2026-45332
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