CVE-2026-97736 Auth bypass in tinyauth

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass authentication rules in tinyauth by appending allowed route strings due to unanchored regular expressions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-97736?

CVE-2026-97736 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in tinyauth, published on 25 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

tinyauth before 5.1.3 allows rule bypass by appending an allowed route string. This is caused by an unanchored regular expression.

Weakness: CWE-777

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-97736?

How do I fix CVE-2026-97736?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-97736 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2026-97736 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97736 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r27r-rr9v-vv37, GHSA-rp6g-vgfj-26cr.

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