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Incorrect Access Control in NodeBBGHSA-qc99-r4wh-c8h6

MEDIUM

GHSA-qc99-r4wh-c8h6 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in nodebb. A fix is available for nodebb — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2024-29316
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 4, 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 GHSA-qc99-r4wh-c8h6.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs37th percentile — riskier than 37% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.31%0.62%0.93%0.1%0.4%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

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

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

0other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
nodebbnpm
302downloads / week

Description

NodeBB 3.6.7 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control, e.g., a low-privileged attacker can access the restricted tabs for the Admin group via "isadmin":true.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmnodebball versions3.6.7npm install nodebb@3.6.7

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
nodebbnodebb
1 version
3.6.7

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

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

  2. Fix

    Update nodebb to 3.6.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-qc99-r4wh-c8h6 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

In NodeBB prior to 3.6.7 an attacker was able to access the restricted tabs for the Admin group which are only allowed the the administrators.
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Incorrect Access Control in NodeBB (Medium 6.3)