CVE-2026-45332

Automad Broken Access Control: unauthenticated exposure of administrator bcrypt password hashes and TOTP secrets via public API endpoint

Automad is a flat-file content management system and template engine. From 2.0.0-alpha.1 to 2.0.0-beta.27, a Broken Access Control vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the bcrypt password hash of every administrator account with a single POST request. The /_api/user-collection/create-first-user setup endpoint remains publicly accessible once initial configuration is complete and returns full serialized user data in the JSON response body. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.28.

Affected

marcantondahmen · automad

CVSS v3.1 GITHUB

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 73rd percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-200

Published

2026-05-28

Updated

2026-05-30

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• lorenzocamilli/CVE-2026-45332-PoC0★ · 2026-06-02

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-45332.yaml

Security advisories

• advisories/GHSA-xm76-r88j-vm3g

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2025-10720
• CVE-2025-62950