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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-77337",
        "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-20T19:24:11.618Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-24T21:30:06.817Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-24T21:30:06.817Z"
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        "cna": {
            "title": "CakePHP: Potential Authentication bypass with CookieAuthenticator",
            "problemTypes": [
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "cweId": "CWE-290",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "cweId": "CWE-770",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "metrics": [
                {
                    "cvssV4_0": {
                        "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                        "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                        "attackRequirements": "PRESENT",
                        "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                        "userInteraction": "NONE",
                        "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "vulnIntegrityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
                        "baseScore": 9.1,
                        "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
                        "vectorString": "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",
                        "version": "4.0"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-h7xh-9h2x-2m37",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-h7xh-9h2x-2m37"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/806",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/806"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/807",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/pull/807"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/commit/c94d9a5380e7f4fdf38d338a9de2223a5b087159",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/cakephp/authentication/commit/c94d9a5380e7f4fdf38d338a9de2223a5b087159"
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "vendor": "cakephp",
                    "product": "authentication",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "< 2.11.2",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": ">= 3.0.0, < 3.3.7",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": ">= 4.0.0, < 4.2.1",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
                "shortName": "GitHub_M",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-08-24T21:30:06.817Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "CakePHP Authentication is an authentication plugin for CakePHP that can also be used in PSR-7 based applications. Versions before 2.11.2, from 3.0.0 through 3.3.6, and from 4.0.0 through 4.2.0 allow authentication bypass and potential CPU or memory exhaustion when CookieAuthenticator uses unencrypted, forgeable legacy tokens. This issue is fixed in versions 2.11.2, 3.3.7, and 4.2.1."
                }
            ],
            "source": {
                "advisory": "GHSA-h7xh-9h2x-2m37",
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
            }
        }
    }
}