{"id":"CVE-2026-71863","aliases":[],"cve":{"records":[{"id":"CVE-2026-71863","source":"GitHub_M","state":"PUBLISHED","reasons":[],"replacements":[],"disputed":false,"unsupportedWhenAssigned":false,"reserved":"2026-08-07T18:26:53.524Z","published":"2026-11-06T20:58:10.211Z","modified":"2026-11-10T20:13:25.018Z"}],"publishers":[{"name":"GitHub_M","role":"CNA","organizationId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","modified":"2026-11-06T20:58:10.211Z"},{"name":"CISA-ADP","role":"ADP","organizationId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","modified":"2026-11-10T20:13:25.018Z"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/security/advisories/GHSA-rqwh-4873-322p","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"source":"GitHub_M"},{"url":"https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/8947b8a69e0d13d2a0fa9f0082ecc2a28428cf4c","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"source":"GitHub_M"},{"url":"https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/releases/tag/2.16.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"source":"GitHub_M"}],"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-201","description":"CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data","source":"GitHub_M"}],"applicability":[],"prioritization":[{"source":"CISA-ADP","type":"SSVC","role":"CISA Coordinator","timestamp":"2026-11-10T20:13:14.995471Z","decisions":[{"name":"Exploitation","value":"none"},{"name":"Automatable","value":"no"},{"name":"Technical Impact","value":"partial"}]}]},"title":"SecureDrop: Onion Service client auth credentials copied to Monitor Server","titleSource":"GitHub_M","descriptionSource":"GitHub_M","description":"SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from, and communicate with anonymous sources. From 2.13.0 until 2.16.1, running the securedrop-admin install Ansible playbook with journalist alerts disabled leaves the journalist alert key filename empty, causing the copy task to transfer every file in ~/.config/securedrop-admin/, including Onion Service client authentication credentials, to the Monitor Server. An attacker must first compromise the privileged Monitor Server to obtain the credentials, and the credentials remain an additional protection layer rather than sufficient access by themselves because the Journalist Interface still requires a username, passphrase, and MFA, while SSH access still requires SSH keys. This issue is fixed in version 2.16.1.","score":2.6,"severity":"low","published":"2026-11-06T20:58:10.211Z","modified":"2026-11-10T20:13:25.018Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"products":[{"vendor":"freedomofpress","name":"securedrop","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":">= 2.13.0, < 2.16.1","status":"affected"}],"cpes":[],"source":"GitHub_M","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71863"}],"remediation":[],"references":["https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/security/advisories/GHSA-rqwh-4873-322p","https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/8947b8a69e0d13d2a0fa9f0082ecc2a28428cf4c","https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/releases/tag/2.16.1"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-71863","modified":"2026-11-10T20:13:25.018Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71863"}],"assessments":[{"source":"GitHub_M","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","score":2.6}],"sourceAffected":[],"observedAt":"2026-11-10T20:24:20.806Z","kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-11-15T04:55:31.932Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:38.104Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:38.104Z"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:38.553Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:38.553Z"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:38.964Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:38.964Z"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:37.935Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:37.935Z"}],"evidence":[{"source":"NVD","id":"CVE-2026-71863","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71863","modified":"2026-11-06T21:17:10.713","score":2.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:38.104Z"},{"source":"ENISA EUVD","id":"EUVD-2026-118497","url":"https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-118497","modified":"Nov 6, 2026, 8:58:10 PM","score":2.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T23:35:38.964Z"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"SecureDrop versions 2.13.0 to 2.16.1 have a vulnerability where Onion Service client auth credentials are copied to the Monitor Server if journalist alerts are disabled. An attacker must compromise the Monitor Server to obtain the credentials. The credentials are an additional protection layer, not sufficient for access by themselves.","model":"@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast","generatedAt":"2026-11-06T22:46:09.426Z","sources":[{"name":"CVE","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71863"}]}}