CVE-2026-42540: IRIS has a Mass Assignment issue

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-06-04 · updated 2026-07-22
Weakness: CWE-915

Description

IRIS is a web collaborative platform that helps incident responders share technical details during investigations. Versions prior to 2.4.28 allow a user to alter values in the database via manipulated API requests. Version 2.4.28 contains a patch.

Affected products

dfir-iris iris-web: before 2.4.28

References

https://github.com/dfir-iris/iris-web/security/advisories/GHSA-w78h-mx7h-qm3h
https://github.com/dfir-iris/iris-web/security/advisories/GHSA-w78h-mx7h-qm3h

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