# CVE-2026-28790: OliveTin: Unauthenticated Action Termination via KillAction When Guests Must Login

> Unauthenticated guests can terminate running actions in OliveTin despite login requirements, causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4fqm-6fmh-82mq, GO-2026-4587

## What is CVE-2026-28790?

CVE-2026-28790 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OliveTin, published on 5 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OliveTin gives access to predefined shell commands from a web interface. Prior to version 3000.11.0, OliveTin allows an unauthenticated guest to terminate running actions through KillAction even when authRequireGuestsToLogin: true is enabled. Guests are correctly blocked from dashboard access, but can still call the KillAction RPC directly and successfully stop a running action. This is a broken access control issue that causes unauthorized denial of service against legitimate action executions. This issue has been patched in version 3000.11.0.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-28790?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin` | Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20260302002902-d9804182eae4 |
| `github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin` | Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20260302002902-d9804182eae4 |
| `github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin` | Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20260302002902-d9804182eae4 |

Products: Olivetin Olivetin.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-28790?

Upgrade github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin to 0.0.0-20260302002902-d9804182eae4 or later.

## Is CVE-2026-28790 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-28790 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in OliveTin

- [CVE-2026-27626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27626/): OliveTin: OS Command Injection via `password` argument type and webhook JSON extraction bypasses shell safety checks (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-30223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30223/): OliveTin: JWT Audience Validation Bypass in Local Key and HMAC Modes (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-31817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31817/): OliveTin's unsafe parsing of UniqueTrackingId can be used to write files (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2026-28342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28342/): OliveTin: Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Memory Exhaustion in PasswordHash API Endpoint (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-28789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28789/): OliveTin: Unauthenticated DoS via concurrent map writes in OAuth2 state handling (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-28790 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-28790 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OliveTin, published on 5 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-28790 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.0.0-20260302002902-d9804182eae4
- github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.0.0-20260302002902-d9804182eae4
- github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.0.0-20260302002902-d9804182eae4

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-2026-28790/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28790/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28790
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28790
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-28790

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28790/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
