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SCA: security update for apostrophe (GHSA-v9xm-ffx2-7h35)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438998

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - ApostropheCMS is an open-source content management framework. Prior to version 4.28.0, the bearer token
 authentication middleware in `@apostrophecms/express/index.js` (lines 386-389) contains an incorrect
 MongoDB query that allows incomplete login tokens — where the password was verified but TOTP/MFA
 requirements were NOT — to be used as fully authenticated bearer tokens. This completely bypasses multi-
 factor authentication for any ApostropheCMS deployment using `@apostrophecms/login-totp` or any custom
 `afterPasswordVerified` login requirement. Version 4.28.0 fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-32730)

Solution

Update the apostrophe library and its related packages to version 4.28.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v9xm-ffx2-7h35

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438998

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/19/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32730

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32730