CVE-2026-38978 Other in n/a
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-38978 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-38978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jun 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-2026-38978 exists.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2026-38978/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-38978/index.md)
Attackers can perform clickjacking attacks against the Transmission WebUI and RPC interfaces, potentially bypassing security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-38978?
CVE-2026-38978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
transmission through 4.1.1 was found to have a clickjacking weakness in the browser-facing WebUI and RPC response paths.
Weakness: CWE-113
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-38978?
Linux distribution packages (1)
transmission openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | All versions | 4.0.6-bp160.2.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2026-38978?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-38978 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-38978 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-38978, GHSA-6rg3-8m29-j28q, MGASA-2026-0293, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-38978, USN-8404-1, openSUSE-SU-2026:21189-1.