Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-113669 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-113669 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-113669?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 20 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- @apostrophecms/passport-bridge (npm) < 1.6.1, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.6.1; apostrophe (npm) < 4.33.0, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=4.33.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-113669?
- Yes. @apostrophecms/passport-bridge (npm): upgrade to 1.6.1 or later; apostrophe (npm): upgrade to 4.33.0 or later. Until then: Restrict access to cross-domain session token generation flows and disable automatic locale/domain switching until a patch is applied. Review server logs, proxy logs, and browser history for leaked tokens (URLs containing `aposCrossDomainSessionToken` parameter) and invalidate any sessions established via those tokens. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-113669 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-113669?
- Check whether you run ApostropheCMS, @apostrophecms/passport-bridge (npm) or apostrophe (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- @apostrophecms/passport-bridge (npm): upgrade to 1.6.1 or later
npm install @apostrophecms/passport-bridge@1.6.1 - apostrophe (npm): upgrade to 4.33.0 or later
npm install apostrophe@4.33.0
Restrict access to cross-domain session token generation flows and disable automatic locale/domain switching until a patch is applied. Review server logs, proxy logs, and browser history for leaked tokens (URLs containing `aposCrossDomainSessionToken` parameter) and invalidate any sessions established via those tokens.
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the cross-domain session migration flow, where a single-use session token is generated in `@apostrophecms/i18n/index.js` and passed as a URL query parameter `?aposCrossDomainSessionToken` instead of a secure, HttpOnly cookie. The `acceptCrossDomainSessionToken` middleware reads this parameter and directly assigns the cached session object (including the `passport.user` object) to the current request session without authentication, allowing unauthenticated clients to adopt the target user's identity. The token is stored in the Mongo cache with no binding to source/destination hosts or short expiration, and the middleware is registered globally for all URLs without authentication checks.
Affected products
- ApostropheCMS ApostropheCMS
Identifiers
- CVE-2026-113669
- GHSA-hhvr-8m24-qqr3
Timeline
- 2026-10-20: disclosed