MISP up to 2.5.45 get_reference_data improper authorization

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A vulnerability was found in MISP up to 2.5.45. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function EventGraphTool::get_reference_data. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-86451. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MISP up to 2.5.45. This affects the function EventGraphTool::get_reference_data. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Affected versions of MISP allow authenticated users to retrieve object-reference records by UUID through EventGraphTool::get_reference_data() without first checking whether the requester is authorized to view the object the reference belongs to. The vulnerable code queried ObjectReference.uuid directly and returned the matching row whenever it existed. Because no parent-object ACL was applied, a user who knew or obtained a reference UUID could retrieve information associated with an object outside their normal access scope. The commit explicitly states that any object reference could be returned by UUID without authorizing its parent object. The fix retrieves the referenced object's object_id and calls fetchObjectSimple() with the current user. If the user cannot access that parent object, MISP now returns NotFoundException instead of exposing the reference. Version affected: ≤2.5.45

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-86451 since 09/07/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch c0cb5c9f8 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Name

• MISP

Version

• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.8
• 2.5.9
• 2.5.10
• 2.5.11
• 2.5.12
• 2.5.13
• 2.5.14
• 2.5.15
• 2.5.16
• 2.5.17
• 2.5.18
• 2.5.19
• 2.5.20
• 2.5.21
• 2.5.22
• 2.5.23
• 2.5.24
• 2.5.25
• 2.5.26
• 2.5.27
• 2.5.28
• 2.5.29
• 2.5.30
• 2.5.31
• 2.5.32
• 2.5.33
• 2.5.34
• 2.5.35
• 2.5.36
• 2.5.37
• 2.5.38
• 2.5.39
• 2.5.40
• 2.5.41
• 2.5.42
• 2.5.43
• 2.5.44
• 2.5.45

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/MISP/MISP/

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