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CVE-2024-52592: Missing validation allows spoofed poll updates in Misskey
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-20
Description
Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. In affected versions missing validation in `ApInboxService.update` allows an attacker to modify the result of polls belonging to another user. No authentication is required, except for a valid signature from any actor on any remote instance. Vulnerable Misskey instances will accept spoofed updates for remote polls. Local polls are unaffected. This issue has been addressed in version 2024.11.0-alpha.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Affected products
- misskey-dev misskey: from 10.92.1 before 2024.11.0; 2024.11.0-alpha0, 2024.11.0-alpha1, 2024.11.0-alpha2 — fixed in 2024.11.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: misskey-dev misskey 2024.11.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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