VDB-365786 · CVE-2026-44775 · GHSA-6gc9-6r8p-5wg2

Kareadita Kavita up to 0.8.x apiKey missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Kareadita Kavita up to 0.8.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation of the argument apiKey leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-44775. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kareadita Kavita up to 0.8.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument apiKey with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Kavita is a cross platform reading server. Prior to 0.9.0, the ReaderController.GetImage endpoint is decorated with [AllowAnonymous], allowing completely unauthenticated access to page images from any chapter in any library. While the endpoint accepts an apiKey parameter, it is never validated. Since entity IDs are sequential integers, an unauthenticated attacker can trivially enumerate all content on the server. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-44775 since 05/07/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 0.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Kareadita

Name

Kavita

Version

Website

Product: https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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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: Kavita 0.9.0

Timelineinfo

05/07/2026 CVE reserved
05/26/2026 +19 days Advisory disclosed
05/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-6gc9-6r8p-5wg2
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-44775 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44775
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-365786

Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2026 21:43
Changes: 05/26/2026 21:43 (68)
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Cache ID: 216::103