Transmission up to 4.1.2 RPC Server rpc-server.cc handle_request cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Transmission up to 4.1.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function handle_request of the file rpc-server.cc of the component RPC Server. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-116748. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Transmission up to 4.1.2. This affects the function handle_request of the file rpc-server.cc of the component RPC Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Transmission 4.0.0 before 4.1.3 contains a permissive CORS vulnerability in handle_request() in rpc-server.cc that exposes the X-Transmission-Session-Id anti-CSRF token to any web origin. Malicious web pages can read the token from the 409 handshake response and replay it to issue RPC calls, enabling script-torrent-done execution, download-dir changes, or torrent and data deletion.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-116748 since 10/26/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 4.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Transmission 4.1.3

Timelineinfo

10/26/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/26/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
10/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-116748 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-116748
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-426933

Entryinfo

Created: 10/26/2026 23:25
Changes: 10/26/2026 23:25 (77)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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