CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-49819

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2026-08-13 Modified 2026-10-24 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-08-13
Last modified
2026-10-24
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269, CWE-306, CWE-78, CWE-862

Description

UpSnap is a wake on lan web app. Versions 4.4.1 through 5.3.5 are vulnerable to a missing-authentication / privilege-escalation chain in `pb.HandlerInitSuperuser` (`backend/pb/handlers.go:249`), reachable as `POST /api/upsnap/init-superuser`. The vulnerable code lacks any authentication, setup token, IP allow-list, or rate limit and is gated only by a `totalSuperusers > 0` count check — a condition that is false on every fresh install — allowing an unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker to register the initial superuser account, receive a long-lived JWT, and pivot to root remote code execution at `backend/networking/wake.go:43` (`exec.CommandContext(ctx, "/bin/sh", "-c", wake_cmd)`). Version 5.4.0 fixes the issue.

Related

Weakness · CWE (4)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References