CVSS 3.1
2.6 lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:NCVE-2026-71863
Low (2.6) in freedomofpress securedrop. EPSS 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 12th percentile. Scored 2026-11-10. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CWE
- CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
- OWASP Top 10
- A01:2025 Broken Access Control
- Published
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| freedomofpress securedrop | >= 2.13.0, < 2.16.1 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-12 Choosing Message Identifier Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-217 Exploiting Incorrectly Configured SSL/TLS Likelihood: Low
- CAPEC-612 WiFi MAC Address Tracking Severity: Low
- CAPEC-613 WiFi SSID Tracking Severity: Low
- CAPEC-618 Cellular Broadcast Message Request Severity: Low
- CAPEC-619 Signal Strength Tracking Severity: Low
- CAPEC-621 Analysis of Packet Timing and Sizes Severity: Low
- CAPEC-622 Electromagnetic Side-Channel Attack Severity: Low
- CAPEC-623 Compromising Emanations Attack Severity: Low
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.