Authentication bypass in Integrated Publishing Toolkit

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-71878
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerMandiant
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-18 18:19:32 UTC
Updated2026-08-31 19:22:43 UTC
DescriptionMissing authentication in initial setup functionality left exposed after initial setup is completed in GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit versions before 3.3.4 allows remote authenticated attackers to gain administrative control via authentication bypass

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 9.2 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.004780000 probability, percentile 0.394230000 (date 2026-09-01)

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

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary9.2CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS9.2CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit affected 3.3.4 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2026/MNDT-2026... [email protected] github.com
www.gbif.org/ipt [email protected] www.gbif.org
github.com/gbif/ipt/issues/3115 [email protected] github.com
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