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SCA: security update for automad/automad (GHSA-xm76-r88j-vm3g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442400

Description

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

 - Automad is a flat-file content management system and template engine. From 2.0.0-alpha.1 to 2.0.0-beta.27,
 a Broken Access Control vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the bcrypt password
 hash of every administrator account with a single POST request. The /_api/user-collection/create-first-
 user setup endpoint remains publicly accessible once initial configuration is complete and returns full
 serialized user data in the JSON response body. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.28.
 (CVE-2026-45332)

Solution

Update the automad/automad library and its related packages to version 2.0.0-beta.28 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xm76-r88j-vm3g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442400

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/28/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.74

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45332

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-45332