CVE-2026-125373 (GCVE-0-2026-125373)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-09 23:27 – Updated: 2026-11-09 23:27
VLAI
Title
IETF Datatracker before 12.83.0 Cross-NomCom Authorization Bypass via Nomcom Views
Summary
IETF Datatracker before 12.83.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows NomCom role holders to access other committees' records by supplying sequential primary keys. Attackers can abuse view_feedback_nominee, view_feedback_topic, view_feedback_unrelated and edit_nominee to view confidential nominee identities, reclassify feedback, and change nominee email addresses.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ietf-tools datatracker Affected: 0 , < 12.83.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-11-05 00:00
Credits
hieuPenguinnn Robert Sparks
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