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stigmem-node: Auth-disabled deployments may grant broad anonymous access outside loopbackGHSA-fp6w-8wpg-74g5

GHSA-fp6w-8wpg-74g5 is a CWE-285 vulnerability in stigmem-node. A fix is available for stigmem-node — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2026-76243
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 9, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
  • A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
  • 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 GHSA-fp6w-8wpg-74g5.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk+0.16%
Lower risk than most CVEs45th percentile — riskier than 45% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.35%0.71%1.06%0.4%0.6%Sep 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐍stigmem-node

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

Description

Impact

Stigmem nodes configured with authentication disabled could grant the anonymous identity broad read/write/federation capabilities if exposed outside a loopback-only local development environment. Impacted users are operators who intentionally disabled authentication while binding the node to a non-loopback URL.

Patches

Patched in 0.9.0a2. The node now refuses unauthenticated operation outside loopback-only local development.

Workarounds

Before upgrading, keep authentication enabled for all non-local deployments and do not expose nodes with authentication disabled to untrusted networks.

Upgrade

Upgrade to the patched release:

pip install --upgrade --pre stigmem-node

If developers install through the Stigmem meta-package instead, they should use the matching extra for their deployments, for example:

pip install --upgrade --pre 'stigmem[node]'

Resources

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIstigmem-nodeall versions0.9.0a2pip install --upgrade 'stigmem-node==0.9.0a2'

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

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

  2. Fix

    Update stigmem-node to 0.9.0a2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-fp6w-8wpg-74g5 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact Stigmem nodes configured with authentication disabled could grant the anonymous identity broad read/write/federation capabilities if exposed outside a loopback-only local development environment. Impacted users are operators who intentionally disabled authentication while binding the node to a non-loopback URL. ### Patches Patched in 0.9.0a2. The node now refuses unauthenticated operation outside loopback-only local development. ### Workarounds Before upgrading, keep authentication enabled for all non-local deployments and do not expose nodes with authentication disabled to untrus
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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