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CVE-2026-97061: Black Candy through 3.2.1 Information Disclosure via Playlist Search

• 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: 2026-09-24 · updated 2026-09-29
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Black Candy through 3.2.1 fails to scope playlist search queries to the authenticated session user, allowing any authenticated user to enumerate all playlists on the instance. Attackers can query the SearchController or Search::PlaylistsController endpoints with blank or targeted search parameters to retrieve playlist names belonging to other users without authorization.

Affected products

• blackcandy-org Black Candy: through 3.2.1

References

• https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy
• https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/controllers/search/playlists_controller.rb#L5
• https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/controllers/search_controller.rb#L9
• https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/models/concerns/searchable_concern.rb#L21
• https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/issues/463
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/black-candy-through-3.2.1-information-disclosure-via-playlist-search

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