# CVE-2026-64858: vulnerability-operator: IDOR exposing vulnerability reports via unauthenticated Report Handler

- 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-11)
- Fixed in: 0.28.16
- Published: 2026-11-11 · Updated: 2026-11-11

CVE-2026-64858 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.3 (medium) and affects vulnerability-operator; fixed in 0.28.16.

## Summary

vulnerability-operator exposes its vulnerability scan reports over HTTP to anyone who can reach its port, without logging in. An attacker on the network can list and download the reports, which reveal CVE IDs, affected package names and versions, and container image identifiers for the workloads scanned in the cluster.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- ckotzbauer vulnerability-operator: fixed in 0.28.16

## Description

vulnerability-operator scans SBOMs and Images for vulnerabilities. Prior to version 0.28.16, an unauthenticated information-disclosure vulnerability exposes all vulnerability scan reports served by the operator. The /report/ HTTP endpoint mounts a raw http.FileServer over the reports directory (default /reports) with no authentication, authorization, or middleware. Any client that can reach the operator's HTTP port (default 8080) can list and download every JSON vulnerability report, disclosing CVE IDs, affected package names/versions, and container image identifiers for every workload scanned in the cluster. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.16.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ckotzbauer vulnerability-operator, upgrade to a fixed version (0.28.16) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, run the stack.check operation (execute) on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Check your systems with an agent

```text
Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-64858 (vulnerability-operator: IDOR exposing vulnerability reports via unauthenticated Report Handler), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-64858 (entry last updated 2026-11-11):
Affected:
- ckotzbauer vulnerability-operator: fixed in 0.28.16
Fixed versions: 0.28.16.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-64858 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-64858 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://github.com/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-6v6c-4cxg-cc93
- https://github.com/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator/commit/b083ab0146e7fb301be6b5a4bc917b5e5fad6eae
- https://github.com/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator/releases/tag/0.28.16
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-64858
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example execute with name cve.get and arguments {"id": "CVE-2026-64858"}.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-64858 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-64858

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-64858?

vulnerability-operator: before 0.28.16.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-64858

### How do I fix CVE-2026-64858?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.28.16.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-64858

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## References

### Vendor advisory

Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.

- https://github.com/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-6v6c-4cxg-cc93

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64858
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64858

### Other links

- https://github.com/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator/commit/b083ab0146e7fb301be6b5a4bc917b5e5fad6eae
- https://github.com/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator/releases/tag/0.28.16

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