# CVE-2026-125398: Instatic before 0.0.21 Authorization Bypass via Row Author Reassignment Endpoint


- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2026
- **Updated:** 9 Nov 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5mp9-m5x3-58qj, GHSA-m425-wmrc-4v4v

## What is CVE-2026-125398?

CVE-2026-125398 is a high-severity vulnerability in CoreBunch Instatic, published on 9 Nov 2026. 

### Official description

Instatic before 0.0.21 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in handleRowAuthor that allows authenticated users to skip table-level access checks by loading rows with getDataRow() instead of loadRowForAccess(). Attackers holding content.edit.any but lacking data.system.tables.read can send PATCH requests to /admin/api/cms/data/rows/:id/author to read system-table rows and reassign their authors.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-125398?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-125398?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-125398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-125398 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-125398 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-125398 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-125398 is a high-severity vulnerability in CoreBunch Instatic, published on 9 Nov 2026. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-125398 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CoreBunch Instatic. 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-2026-125398/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-125398/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-125398
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-125398
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-125398

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-125398/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.