VDB-340190 · CVE-2026-22253 · GCVE-0-2026-22253

charmbracelet soft-serve up to 0.11.1 LFS Lock Deletion Endpoint authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in charmbracelet soft-serve up to 0.11.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component LFS Lock Deletion Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-22253. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in charmbracelet soft-serve up to 0.11.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component LFS Lock Deletion Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Soft Serve is a self-hostable Git server for the command line. Prior to version 0.11.2, an authorization bypass in the LFS lock deletion endpoint allows any authenticated user with repository write access to delete locks owned by other users by setting the force flag. The vulnerable code path processes force deletions before retrieving user context, bypassing ownership validation entirely. This issue has been patched in version 0.11.2.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-22253 since 01/07/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 0.11.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

charmbracelet

Name

soft-serve

Version

Website

Product: https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.4
NVD Vector: 🔒

CNA Base Score: 5.4
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: soft-serve 0.11.2

Timelineinfo

01/07/2026 CVE reserved
01/08/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
01/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/02/2026 +25 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-22253 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-22253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-340190

Entryinfo

Created: 01/08/2026 19:55
Updated: 02/02/2026 19:28
Changes: 01/08/2026 19:55 (63), 02/02/2026 19:28 (9)
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