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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-01-29 08:36

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Appsmith public apps can execute unpublished actions (viewMode confusion)

Details

Appsmith is a platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. In versions 1.94 and below, publicly accessible apps allow unauthenticated users to execute unpublished (edit-mode) actions by sending viewMode=false (or omitting it) to POST /api/v1/actions/execute. This bypasses the expected publish boundary where public viewers should only execute published actions, not edit-mode versions. An attack can result in sensitive data exposure, execution of edit‑mode queries and APIs, development data access, and the ability to trigger side effect behavior. This issue does not have a released fix at the time of publication.

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "appsmith",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/appsmith"
      },
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              "fixed": "1.95.0"
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  ],
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    "CVE-2026-24042"
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    "severity": "Critical"
  },
  "details": "Appsmith is a platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. In versions 1.94 and below, publicly accessible apps allow unauthenticated users to execute unpublished (edit-mode) actions by sending viewMode=false (or omitting it) to POST /api/v1/actions/execute. This bypasses the expected publish boundary where public viewers should only execute published actions, not edit-mode versions. An attack can result in sensitive data exposure, execution of edit\u2011mode queries and APIs, development data access, and the ability to trigger side effect behavior. This issue does not have a released fix at the time of publication.",
  "id": "BIT-appsmith-2026-24042",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2026-01-29T08:36:35.250Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/security/advisories/GHSA-j9qq-4fj9-9883"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24042"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Appsmith public apps can execute unpublished actions (viewMode confusion)"
}

CVE-2026-24042 (GCVE-0-2026-24042)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 03:52 – Updated: 2026-01-22 12:28

Title

Appsmith public apps can execute unpublished actions (viewMode confusion)

Summary

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-22 12:27 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/security/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
appsmithorg	appsmith	Affected: <= 1.94

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