CVE-2026-58447 Invidious - Cross-User Playlist Video Deletion via Missing Ownership Check
Authenticated attackers can delete videos from other users' playlists by exploiting missing ownership checks in the video removal endpoint.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-58447?
CVE-2026-58447 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in iv-org Invidious, published on 30 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Invidious through 2.20260626.0, fixed in commit 77ad416, contains a broken object level authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to delete videos from other users' playlists by supplying an arbitrary global video index in the remove_video action of the playlist endpoint. Attackers can obtain per-video index values from the public playlist JSON API and submit them to the playlist video deletion endpoint without ownership validation, permanently removing videos from playlists they do not own.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-58447?
How do I fix CVE-2026-58447?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-58447 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-58447 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-58447 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-85cg-fg77-rrm5.