CVE-2026-42889 (GCVE-0-2026-42889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 19:30 – Updated: 2026-05-13 12:32
VLAI
Title
Relay Server WebSocket authentication bypass when token is omitted
Summary
Relay adds real-time collaboration to Obsidian. Relay Server versions 0.9.0 through 0.9.6 contain an authentication bypass in the multi-document WebSocket endpoints. When authentication is configured, WebSocket connections without a token query parameter were incorrectly treated as having full server permissions. An unauthenticated network attacker who knows or guesses a document ID could connect to the document sync WebSocket and read or modify document contents without a valid document token. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.7.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
No-Instructions relay-server Affected: >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.7
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