CVE-2026-86178 (GCVE-0-2026-86178)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-05 11:01
Modified
2026-09-08 17:21
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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
CWE
Summary
Pixelfed through 0.12.9 fails to validate follower status in StoryComposeController react and comment endpoints, allowing authenticated users to access follower-only stories. Attackers can enumerate sequential story IDs and submit reactions or comments to retrieve story media URLs and author information without following the account.
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Impacted products
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pixelfed pixelfed Version: 0   ≤ 0.12.9
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