Cerebrate self-registration password hash exposure via inbox and audit log views

Summary

CVECVE-2026-53912
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerCIRCL
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-06-11 12:16:31 UTC
Updated2026-06-11 15:24:44 UTC
DescriptionCerebrate before version 1.37 exposed credential material from self-registration requests. The self-registration workflow stored the registrant’s hashed password in the inbox message data payload. This payload was returned unredacted through inbox index and view responses, including HTML, JSON, and CSV outputs, and could also be written unredacted into audit log entries for the inbox message. An authenticated user with sufficient privileges to access inbox entries or related audit logs could retrieve password hashes associated with pending self-registration requests. Although the exposed value is a password hash rather than a plaintext password, disclosure of password hashes may enable offline password-cracking attempts and could increase risk where users reuse passwords across systems. Cerebrate 1.37 fixes the issue by redacting sensitive password and authkey fields from inbox display/API output and recursively redacting those fields from JSON values written to audit logs, while leaving the stored registration payload intact for account creation processing. Affected component: Inbox self-registration request handling and audit logging Fixed version: Cerebrate 1.37

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 5.1 MEDIUM from 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/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:N/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Green

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-200 CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.05a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8Secondary5.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS5.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/U...

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
Low
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/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:N/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Green

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Cerebrate Cerebrate affected 1.37 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/cerebrate-project/cerebrate/commit/02da6d708d610c8509a1aab3f5... 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8 github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Andras Iklody (en)

CNA: Claude Fable 5 (en)

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