Penpot up to 2.17.x Comment Retrieval check-comment-permissions privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Penpot up to 2.17.x. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function check-comment-permissions of the component Comment Retrieval. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-105684. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Penpot up to 2.17.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function check-comment-permissions of the component Comment Retrieval. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform. Prior to 2.18.0, the get-comment-threads, get-comment-thread, and get-comments RPC commands use check-comment-permissions! but do not apply the share link's pages restriction. A holder of a page-scoped share link can retrieve comment threads and full comment bodies from other pages in the same file, including commenter names, email addresses, photos, and page identifiers. The disclosed page identifiers can also be used with affected page-reading functionality to access unshared design content. This issue is fixed in version 2.18.0.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-105684 since 10/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.18.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Penpot 2.18.0

Timelineinfo

10/05/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/05/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
10/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-105684 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-105684
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-413789

Entryinfo

Created: 10/05/2026 22:22
Changes: 10/05/2026 22:22 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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