How severe is CVE-2026-42069?

No CVSS score has been assigned to CVE-2026-42069 yet. Review the advisory details and affected package list to assess your exposure.

Which packages are affected by CVE-2026-42069?

CVE-2026-42069 affects the following packages: getkirby/cms (Packagist), getkirby/cms (Packagist). Ecosystems affected: Packagist.

How do I fix CVE-2026-42069?

Update getkirby/cms to 4.9.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-42069 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect CVE-2026-42069 in my Packagist dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for getkirby/cms, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate CVE-2026-42069 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against CVE-2026-42069?

O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2026-42069 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Is CVE-2026-42069 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for CVE-2026-42069 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-42069?

CVE-2026-42069 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.2%, placing it in the 14th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2026-42069?

CVE-2026-42069 is classified as CWE-862 (CWE-862). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation.

When was CVE-2026-42069 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2026-42069 was published on May 9, 2026 and was last updated on August 12, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2026-42069 — getkirby/cms

CVE-2026-42069 is a CWE-862 vulnerability in getkirby/cms. A fix is available for getkirby/cms — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Kirby: Read access to site, user and role information is not gated by permissions

Also known asGHSA-2h7v-4372-f6x2

Published

May 9, 2026

Updated

Aug 12, 2026

Affected

2 pkgs

Patched

2 / 2

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Sep 22, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-42069.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.2%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs14th percentile — riskier than 14% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected

🐘getkirby/cms🐘getkirby/cms

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

TL;DR

This vulnerability affects all Kirby sites that might have potential attackers in the group of authenticated Panel users.

This vulnerability is of high severity for affected sites.

Sites using Kirby are not affected if they intend all users of the site to be able to list and access the site model and all users and roles, including the content stored within these models. Write actions are not affected by this vulnerability as they were gated by permissions before.

Introduction

Missing authorization allows authenticated users to perform actions they are not intended to have access to.

The effects of missing authorization can include unauthorized access to sensitive information as well as unauthorized changes to content or system information.

Impact

Kirby's user permissions control which user role is allowed to perform specific actions to content models in the CMS. These permissions are defined for each role in the user blueprint (site/blueprints/users/...). It is also possible to customize the permissions for each target model in the model blueprints (such as in site/blueprints/pages/...) using the options feature. The permissions and options together control the authorization of user actions.

In affected releases, Kirby did not provide permission settings that control the access to the site model as well as to users and user roles. If the site developer disabled all permissions via the wildcard "*": false setting, this only disabled the actions that were explicitly gated by existing permissions.

To be specific, the following permissions were missing in affected releases and have been added in the patches:

site.access
user.access and users.access (for the own user and other users respectively)
user.list and users.list (for the own user and other users respectively)

Access to role information such as the list of existing roles, their names and descriptions as well as their configured permissions were also not gated by user-based permissions.

Patches

The problem has been patched in Kirby 4.9.0 and Kirby 5.4.0. Please update to one of these or a later version to fix the vulnerability.

In all of the mentioned releases, Kirby has added the missing permissions that are listed in the "Impact" section. The user.access and users.access permissions also take effect on the access to the user's own role and to other roles respectively.

Credits

Kirby thanks @HuajiHD for responsibly reporting the identified issue.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🐘Packagist	`getkirby/cms`	all versions	4.9.0`composer require getkirby/cms:^4.9.0`
🐘Packagist	`getkirby/cms`	≥ 5.0.0&&< 5.4.0	5.4.0`composer require getkirby/cms:^5.4.0`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for getkirby/cms, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update getkirby/cms to 4.9.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-42069 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2026-42069 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to CVE-2026-42069. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### TL;DR This vulnerability affects all Kirby sites that might have potential attackers in the group of authenticated Panel users. **This vulnerability is of high severity for affected sites.** Sites using Kirby are *not* affected if they intend all users of the site to be able to list and access the site model and all users and roles, including the content stored within these models. Write actions are *not* affected by this vulnerability as they were gated by permissions before. ---- ### Introduction Missing authorization allows authenticated users to perform actions they are not inten

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