FKIE_CVE-2026-8338

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-29 17:16 - Updated: 2026-07-30 19:07
Severity
9.2 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
A Spring Security authentication and authorization bypass exists in Coverity Connect versions between 2023.6.0 and 2026.3.0. An unauthenticated malicious threat actor that can send a specially crafted HTTP request is able to bypass authentication and authorization controls on certain API endpoints to access data within Coverity.
References
disclosure@synopsys.comhttps://community.blackduck.com/s/article/Black-Duck-Product-Security-Advisory-CVE-2026-8338-Authentication-and-Authorization-Bypass
Impacted products
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