# CVE-2026-86111: BookWyrm through 0.9.1 Insecure Direct Object Reference in EditStatus Exposes Followers-Only and Direct Statuses

- 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=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-05 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- bookwyrm-social bookwyrm: through 0.9.1

## Description

BookWyrm through 0.9.1 fails to validate user visibility permissions in the status edit endpoint, allowing authenticated attackers to read followers-only and direct-message reviews by enumerating sequential status IDs. Attackers can access the raw content of restricted statuses through the edit view, bypassing the privacy protections documented for these message types.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/bookwyrm.md#finding-1-authenticated-idor-in-editstatus-exposes-private-review-comment-and-quotation-content
- https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/blob/v0.9.1/bookwyrm/views/status.py
- https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/blob/v0.9.1/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/create_status/content_field.html
- https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bookwyrm-through-0.9.1-insecure-direct-object-reference-in-editstatus-exposes-followers-only-and-direct-statuses

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