Chatwoot < 4.16.0 Unauthenticated ActiveStorage Direct Upload Arbitrary Blob Creation

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-63765
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerVulnCheck
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-23 19:17:03 UTC
Updated2026-07-23 20:04:28 UTC
DescriptionChatwoot before 4.16.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the direct uploads controller that allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary ActiveStorage blobs in any tenant account. Attackers can exploit missing authentication checks to resolve any account and conversation, then obtain signed PUT URLs to write arbitrary data to the application's storage backend.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/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

Problem Types: CWE-306 | CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS8.8HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.1[email protected]Primary8.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
3.1CNACVSS8.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

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

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/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 v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Chatwoot Chatwoot affected 4.16.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/releases/tag/v4.16.0 [email protected] github.com
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/chatwoot-unauthenticated-activestorage-direct-uplo... [email protected] www.vulncheck.com
github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/commit/8dd0d08322edafaec24624b72ed2f6045921... [email protected] github.com
github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/pull/15039 [email protected] github.com
github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/issues/15072 [email protected] github.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: George Chen (en)

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