# CVE-2026-116683: CTFer.io's CTFd Terraform Provider allows a local or remote attacker to read team passwords in state as non sensitive values

- Also known as: GHSA-VG84-C5MG-76XH, EUVD-2026-111358
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.8.2
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Summary

The CTFd Terraform Provider, which lets users manage CTFd capture-the-flag resources as code, is affected. Team passwords are stored in Terraform state as plain, non-sensitive values, so anyone who can access that state, locally or remotely, can read them directly.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- ctfer-io terraform-provider-ctfd: from 0.1.5, fixed in 2.8.2
- github.com/ctfer-io/terraform-provider-ctfd (Go): from 0.1.5, through 1.1.0
- github.com/ctfer-io/terraform-provider-ctfd/v2 (Go): fixed in 2.8.2

## Description

CTFer.io's CTFd Terraform Provider manages CTFd resources as code. From 0.1.5 until 2.8.2, ctfd_team.password is stored as a non-sensitive value in Terraform state. A local or remote user with access to that state can read the team password without an additional decryption step. This issue is fixed in 2.8.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ctfer-io terraform-provider-ctfd, github.com/ctfer-io/terraform-provider-ctfd, github.com/ctfer-io/terraform-provider-ctfd/v2, upgrade to a fixed version (2.8.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ctfer-io/terraform-provider-ctfd/security/advisories/GHSA-vg84-c5mg-76xh
- https://github.com/ctfer-io/terraform-provider-ctfd/pull/376
- https://github.com/ctfer-io/terraform-provider-ctfd/commit/b4acaef1df23ea3ca36936fc2d8ef8d157a58e04
- https://github.com/ctfer-io/terraform-provider-ctfd/releases/tag/v2.8.2

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