CVE-2026-77337
CakePHP: Potential Authentication bypass with CookieAuthenticator
02 Description
CakePHP: Potential Authentication bypass with CookieAuthenticator
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 52.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-12.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-24 21:30Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-25 19:23Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-20
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 345a8bf67c2023e05456ba34ad24401b47b2fdc4a4679b7f60f4e3a69b150237
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-h7xh-9h2x-2m37
- github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/806
- github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/807
- github.comhttps://github.com/cakephp/authentication/commit/c94d9a5380e7f4fdf38d338a9de2223a5b087159
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- cakephp No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- cakephp No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- cakephp No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- cakephp No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.