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High 8.2Published May 11, 2026

CVE-2026-43886Outline: OAuth Scope Validation Logic Error Allows Privilege Escalation to Wildcard API Access

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Outline is a service that allows for collaborative documentation. From 0.84.0 to 1.6.1, a logic error in OAuthInterface.validateScope() uses Array.some() to validate requested OAuth scopes, causing the function to accept the entire scope array if any single scope is valid. An attacker can smuggle the wildcard * scope by requesting scope=read *, escalating a read-only OAuth token to full unrestricted API access including write, delete, and admin operations. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.0.

CVSS
8.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
May 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
outline outline
outline:outline (from the name)
from 0.84.0, < 1.7.0
CNA record

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