CVE-2026-74869

high

Description

stoatchat before 0.15.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the Subscribe message handler that allows authenticated attackers to enumerate members and monitor profile updates of private servers without membership. Attackers can subscribe to any server's member-update topic by sending a Subscribe message with an arbitrary server ID, receiving live UserUpdate events including display names, avatars, and status changes for members they should not have access to.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/stoatchat-before-missing-authorization-via-subscribe

https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/security/advisories/GHSA-jj3j-9qr7-jgfc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-17

Updated: 2026-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High