# CVE-2026-25742: Zulip: Anonymous File Access After Disabling Spectator Access

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.6
- Published: 2026-04-03 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- zulip: fixed in 11.6

## Description

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. Prior to version 11.6, Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. From version 1.4.0 to before version 11.6, even after spectator access (enable_spectator_access / WEB_PUBLIC_STREAMS_ENABLED) is disabled, attachments originating from web-public streams can still be retrieved anonymously. As a result, file contents remain accessible even after public access is intended to be disabled. Similarly, even after spectator access is disabled, the /users/me/<stream_id>/topics endpoint remains reachable anonymously, allowing retrieval of topic history for web-public streams. This issue has been patched in version 11.6. This issue has been patched in version 11.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zulip, upgrade to a fixed version (11.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/security/advisories/GHSA-f47p-xjqq-g28w
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/3c045414299680b9f5dca7d76cf6cef6121c0236
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/41e23347b5218b3b0397a55176c7d97396735bae
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/releases/tag/11.6

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