GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c
GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c is a Improper Authentication vulnerability in fuxa-server. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
FUXA provides guest and invalid-token access to protected read APIs in secure mode
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, a proxy for how much of the ecosystem is exposed.
fuxa-servernpmDescription
Summary
When secureEnabled=true, FUXA 1.3.0-2773 still allows guest and invalid-token requests to read project, alarms, and scheduler APIs.
Details
In secure mode, requests with no token or an explicitly invalid token were still able to access protected read endpoints.
Confirmed behavior:
- guest
GET /api/projectreturned200 OK - invalid-token requests to
/api/projectalso returned successful responses containing project data - guest and invalid-token requests also returned
200 OKon:/api/alarms/api/scheduler
Relevant code paths identified during analysis:
server/api/jwt-helper.jsverifyToken()converts missing-token or invalid-token states into guest context instead of rejecting the request
server/api/projects/index.jsserver/api/alarms/index.jsserver/api/scheduler/index.js
These handlers accepted the guest context and returned sensitive data in secure mode.
PoC
Tested only against isolated local lab instances under the original tester's control. No production, customer, shared, or third-party systems were involved.
Reproduction:
- Start FUXA
1.3.0-2773. - Set
secureEnabled=true. - Send unauthenticated requests to:
GET /api/projectGET /api/alarmsGET /api/scheduler?id=test
- Observe
200 OKresponses. - Send the same requests with an explicitly invalid
x-access-tokenvalue. - Observe the same successful responses.
The exact HTTP requests and local PoC script used for confirmation can be provided upon request.
Impact
This is an authentication/authorization weakness in secure mode.
Impact includes:
- project metadata disclosure
- alarms disclosure
- scheduler information disclosure
- assistance in reconnaissance/follow-on attacks
Operators who believe secure mode protects these APIs are impacted.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | fuxa-server | ≥ 1.3.0-2773&&< 1.3.1 | 1.3.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for fuxa-server. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update fuxa-server to 1.3.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c 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 pinpoints whether GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-r9g5-7q8j-958c across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.