Authentication Bypass in pycti (CVE-2026-27960)
Summary
Authentication bypass in pycti (CVE-2026-27960). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Exploitable via APP__ADMIN__EXTERNALLY_MANAGED. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.9.13 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
OpenCTI is an open source platform for managing cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. In versions 6.6.0 through 6.9.12, there is a privilege escalation vulnerability that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to query the API as any existing user, including the default admin account. This issue has been fixed in version 6.9.13. As a workaround, the default admin can be disabled using the APP__ADMIN__EXTERNALLY_MANAGED configuration.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-27960 has been found in pycti.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like APP__ADMIN__EXTERNALLY_MANAGED over the network to misuse the product.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: upgrade pycti to 6.9.13 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "pycti CVE-2026-27960" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-27960 (pycti) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: APP__ADMIN__EXTERNALLY_MANAGED
Patched: 6.9.13 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Authentication bypass (CWE-287) exists in pycti. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via APP__ADMIN__EXTERNALLY_MANAGED without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of pycti. Attack surface: APP__ADMIN__EXTERNALLY_MANAGED.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 6.9.13.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'pycti' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'pycti' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
pyctiを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade pycti to 6.9.13ステージング環境で 6.9.13 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov