Pake grants unrestricted IPC access to every HTTPS origin loaded in generated applications
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-96454 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | JFROG |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-09-23 10:17:09 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-09-23 10:17:09 UTC |
| Description | Pake turns a website into a desktop application built on Tauri. Every application it generates inherits two settings from the upstream template, and together they hand native functionality to untrusted web content. The first is in src-tauri/capabilities/default.json, which grants IPC access with "remote": { "urls": ["https://*.*"] }. That wildcard tells Tauri to accept IPC from any HTTPS origin, not just the site the application was built to wrap. The second is "withGlobalTauri": true in src-tauri/tauri.conf.json, which puts window.__TAURI__.core.invoke() in reach of ordinary page JavaScript. Tauri's access control list only checks plugin commands, the ones prefixed with plugin:. Commands the application registers itself through generate_handler!, known as app commands, are never checked against the ACL. So once an origin holds IPC access, it can call every app command with nothing else standing in the way. Pake registers download_file as an app command, and it does not appear in the permissions list because it does not need to. The practical effect is that any script running on any HTTPS page inside a Pake application can invoke the application's native commands. That includes third-party script the wrapped site loads on its own, such as analytics, advertising, or a compromised CDN. Anyone distributing their own Pake application gets the same access without asking for it. Chained with the path traversal in download_file that is tracked separately as CVE-2026-82635, this reaches arbitrary file write and persistent code execution. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.2 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-923 | CWE-862 CWE-862 Missing Authorization | CWE-923 CWE-923 Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Secondary | 8.2 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| 3.1 | CNA | CVSS | 8.2 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
RequiredScope
ChangedConfidentiality
LowIntegrity
HighAvailability
NoneCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/tw93/Pake | [email protected] | github.com | |
| v2.tauri.app/security/capabilities | [email protected] | v2.tauri.app | |
| github.com/tw93/Pake/blob/main/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/tag/V3.17.0 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/tw93/Pake/blob/main/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json | [email protected] | 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: Yuval Moravchick | JFrog (en)
Additional Advisory Data
Exploits
CNA: JFrog holds a private proof of concept. Reproduction is deterministic and affects every application Pake generates. Full exploit details are not included in this record.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.