CVE-2026-112954 ApostropheCMS: Unauthenticated publicApiProjection bypass via search and sort query builders in the public REST API

Medium 5.3 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-112954?

CVE-2026-112954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in apostrophecms apostrophe, published on 20 Oct 2026.

Official description

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 4.34.0, a public REST API type that uses publicApiProjection can expose excluded searchable or sortable field information through search membership and sort ordering oracles. Returned fields remain filtered by the projection, so the issue permits targeted inference about hidden values rather than an unrestricted field dump. This issue is fixed in version 4.34.0.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-112954?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including apostrophe.

PackageAffectedFixed in
apostrophe npmAll versions4.34.0
apostrophe npmAll versions4.34.0

How do I fix CVE-2026-112954?

Upgrade apostrophe to 4.34.0 or later.

Is CVE-2026-112954 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-112954 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rqgm-cfrp-4hx8.

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