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CVE-2026-45332: Automad Broken Access Control: unauthenticated exposure of administrator bcrypt password hashes and TOTP secrets via public API endpoint

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-05-28 · updated 2026-10-26
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Automad is a flat-file content management system and template engine. From 2.0.0-alpha.1 to 2.0.0-beta.27, a Broken Access Control vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the bcrypt password hash of every administrator account with a single POST request. The /_api/user-collection/create-first-user setup endpoint remains publicly accessible once initial configuration is complete and returns full serialized user data in the JSON response body. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.28.

Affected products

• marcantondahmen automad: from 2.0.0-alpha.1, < 2.0.0-beta.28

References

• https://github.com/marcantondahmen/automad/security/advisories/GHSA-xm76-r88j-vm3g
• https://github.com/marcantondahmen/automad/security/advisories/GHSA-xm76-r88j-vm3g

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