FKIE_CVE-2026-55241

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-21 18:16 - Updated: 2026-08-25 12:16
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Checkmate is an open-source, self-hosted tool designed to track and monitor server hardware, uptime, response times, and incidents in real-time with beautiful visualizations. Prior to 3.9.1, the public POST /api/v1/auth/register route in server/src/api/routes/authRoutes.ts passes multipart profileImage uploads through in-memory Multer parsing before registration validation, without file-size, file-count, or MIME-type limits in server/src/api/middleware/upload.ts. An unauthenticated attacker can submit concurrent oversized files that are buffered before invalid registration or invite-token checks reject the request, exhausting memory and crashing or destabilizing the backend. This issue is fixed in version 3.9.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/commit/091c36cbf338b673110b0806d76df26d52516468
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/releases/tag/v3.9.1
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/security/advisories/GHSA-9xvg-x28f-m78m
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/security/advisories/GHSA-9xvg-x28f-m78m
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-25T12:16:24.030",
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