CVE-2026-33159 (GCVE-0-2026-33159)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-24 17:28
Modified
2026-03-24 17:57
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
  • CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Summary
Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From version 4.0.0-RC1 to before version 4.17.8 and from version 5.0.0-RC1 to before version 5.9.14, guest users can access Config Sync updater index, obtain signed data, and execute state-changing Config Sync actions (regenerate-yaml, apply-yaml-changes) without authentication. This issue has been patched in versions 4.17.8 and 5.9.14.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
craftcms cms Version: >= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.8
Version: >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.14
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