# CVE-2026-108710: NornicDB through 1.4.1 Missing Authorization via Vector Search Endpoints

> Authenticated viewer users can bypass read restrictions to retrieve sensitive node data from NornicDB search endpoints.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 13 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vqw4-fq22-hj9c

## What is CVE-2026-108710?

CVE-2026-108710 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in orneryd NornicDB, published on 11 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

NornicDB through 1.4.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users to bypass per-database read restrictions on the /nornicdb/search and /nornicdb/similar endpoints. Viewer-role users allowlisted for a database but denied read can submit search queries or node IDs to retrieve node IDs, labels and full property maps.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-108710?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-108710?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-108710 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-108710 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-108710 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-108710 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-108710 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in orneryd NornicDB, published on 11 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-108710 exists.

Affected product: orneryd NornicDB. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-108710/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-108710/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-108710
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108710
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-108710

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-108710/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.