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CVE-2026-71879 (GCVE-0-2026-71879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 17:41 – Updated: 2026-08-18 19:29

Title

Authentication bypass in Integrated Publishing Toolkit

Summary

Missing authentication in initial setup functionality left exposed until first reboot in GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit versions before 3.3.4 allows remote authenticated attackers to gain administrative control via authentication bypass

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-18 19:28 UTC

CWE

CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Assigner

Mandiant Google root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.gbif.org/ipt	product
https://github.com/gbif/ipt/issues/3115	patch
https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclos…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
GBIF	Integrated Publishing Toolkit	Affected: 0 , < 3.3.4 (semver)	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-71879

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-18 18:19 - Updated: 2026-08-18 20:17

Severity

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
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	mandiant-cve@google.com	https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2026/MNDT-2026-0015.md
	mandiant-cve@google.com	https://www.gbif.org/ipt

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-25RH-CR4W-2WX6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-18 18:32 – Updated: 2026-08-18 18:32

Details

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-71879 (GCVE-0-2026-71879)

FKIE_CVE-2026-71879

GHSA-25RH-CR4W-2WX6

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