Authentication Bypass in cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI (CVE-2026-90579)
Summary
Authentication bypass in cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI (CVE-2026-90579). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability has been found in cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI up to 1.9.2. This affects the function _authorize_http_key of the file core/cat/factory/custom_auth_handler.py. The manipulation of the argument user_id leads to missing authentication. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-90579 has been found in cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI CVE-2026-90579" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-90579 (cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 7.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
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 cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
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. Audit SBOM/dependencies 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
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで cheshire-cat-ai Cheshire Cat AI を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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。
References
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- web nvd.nist.gov
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