Description
A vulnerability was identified in Pixelfed up to 0.12.11. Impacted is the function instancePeers of the file app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php of the component OAuth Scope Handler. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to missing authentication. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 0.12.10 is recommended to address this issue. The name of the patch is 68dca5097305fa0065d029587b2233524636025a. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Published: 2026-09-20
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was identified in Pixelfed up to 0.12.11. Impacted is the function instancePeers of the file app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php of the component OAuth Scope Handler. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to missing authentication. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 0.12.10 is recommended to address this issue. The name of the patch is 68dca5097305fa0065d029587b2233524636025a. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Title Pixelfed OAuth Scope ApiV1Controller.php instancePeers missing authentication
First Time appeared Pixelfed
Pixelfed pixelfed
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-306
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pixelfed:pixelfed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pixelfed
Pixelfed pixelfed
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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Pixelfed Pixelfed
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-20T03:00:19.652Z

Reserved: 2026-09-19T09:16:56.504Z

Link: CVE-2026-93960

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-20T04:17:55.540

Modified: 2026-09-20T04:17:55.540

Link: CVE-2026-93960

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2026-09-20T04:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-287

    Improper Authentication

  • CWE-306

    Missing Authentication for Critical Function