{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-49996 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-49996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-49996 is a low-severity vulnerability in freedomofpress securedrop-client, published on 20 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-49996 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-49996 is a low-severity vulnerability in freedomofpress securedrop-client, published on 20 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-49996 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: freedomofpress securedrop-client. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-49996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-49996/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-49996","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-49996/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-49996","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6qxc-pcfg-v6qv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"SecureDrop Client","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A malicious SecureDrop Server can bypass origin restrictions in the SecureDrop Client via cross-origin redirects, allowing unauthorized access to external resources.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"open_redirect"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":3.7,"severity":"low","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-601","name":"URL Redirection to Untrusted Site"}],"description":"SecureDrop Client is a desktop app for journalists to securely communicate with sources and handle submissions on the SecureDrop Workstation. Prior to version 1.3.1, a malicious SecureDrop Server could bypass securedrop-proxy's origin limitation by responding with cross-origin redirects. SecureDrop Server itself has multiple layers of built-in hardening, and is a dedicated physical machine exposed on the internet only via Tor hidden services for the Source and Journalist interfaces, and optionally via remote SSH access over another Tor hidden service. A newsroom's SecureDrop Workstation communicates only with its own dedicated SecureDrop Server. Version 1.3.1 fixes the issue.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"securedrop-proxy origin limitation can be bypassed with redirects","id":"CVE-2026-49996","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"open_redirect","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"SurrealDB: Edge PERMISSIONS FOR delete bypassed when a connected node is deleted","id":"CVE-2026-49997"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Tautulli: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the newsletter","id":"CVE-2026-49995"},"products":["securedrop-client"],"published":"2026-08-20","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-20","vendors":["freedomofpress"]},"summary":"A malicious SecureDrop Server can bypass origin restrictions in the SecureDrop Client via cross-origin redirects, allowing unauthorized access to external resources.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-49996/"}