# CVE-2026-32994: Missing authorization in Rocket.Chat

> Authenticated users can read any message in any room by exploiting a missing access check in the translation API.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A: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:** 19 May 2026
- **Updated:** 19 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wm7g-8c9r-vg8p

## What is CVE-2026-32994?

CVE-2026-32994 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Rocket.Chat, published on 19 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The /api/v1/autotranslate.translateMessage endpoint in versions <8.5.0, <8.4.2, <8.3.4, <8.2.4, <8.1.5, <8.0.6, <7.13.8, and <7.10.12 allows any authenticated user to retrieve the full content of any message from any room (private groups, direct messages, channels) by simply providing the target message ID. The endpoint fetches the message via Messages.findOneById(messageId) with no room access check (canAccessRoomIdAsync is never called), returning the complete IMessage object including message text, sender info, room ID, timestamps, and markdown content.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-32994?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-32994?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-32994 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-32994 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-32994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-32994 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-32994 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Rocket.Chat, published on 19 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-32994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rocket.Chat. 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-2026-32994/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-32994/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32994
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32994
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32994

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-32994/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.