CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-86118
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last modified
- 2026-09-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
gonic versions before 0.22.0 fail to validate administrator privileges in the startScan endpoint, allowing any authenticated user to trigger media library rescans. Attackers can repeatedly call the startScan endpoint to force CPU and I/O-intensive filesystem operations, causing denial of service on multi-user instances.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic github.com
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/blob/v0.21.0/server/ctrlsubsonic/ctrl.go github.com
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/blob/v0.21.0/server/ctrlsubsonic/handlers_common.go github.com
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/releases/tag/v0.22.0 github.com
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/security/advisories/GHSA-453r-pgfw-h3pq github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gonic-before-0.22.0-missing-administrator-check-on-the-subsonic-startscan-endpoint www.vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/security/advisories/GHSA-453r-pgfw-h3pq github.com