Description
Papermerge Core through 3.5.3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the shared nodes API that allows authenticated users to share other users' documents by supplying arbitrary node UUIDs. Attackers can call POST /shared-nodes or PATCH /shared-nodes/access/{node_id} to grant themselves any role, then read, modify, or delete victims' documents and revoke existing shares.
Published: 2026-10-14
Score: 7.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Papermerge Core through 3.5.3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the shared nodes API that allows authenticated users to share other users' documents by supplying arbitrary node UUIDs. Attackers can call POST /shared-nodes or PATCH /shared-nodes/access/{node_id} to grant themselves any role, then read, modify, or delete victims' documents and revoke existing shares.
Title Papermerge Core through 3.5.3 Missing Authorization in Shared Nodes API
First Time appeared Papermerge
Papermerge papermerge
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:papermerge:papermerge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Papermerge
Papermerge papermerge
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Papermerge Papermerge
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T14:16:59.957Z

Reserved: 2026-10-14T13:07:27.788Z

Link: CVE-2026-110623

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T15:17:14.833

Modified: 2026-10-14T15:17:14.833

Link: CVE-2026-110623

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