# CVE-2026-96628: Arcane: Environment access token bypasses the admin-required authorization gate on \`/api/debug/pprof\`

- Also known as: GHSA-MP22-58FF-6FHR, GO-2026-6806
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.11.0
- Published: 2026-10-16 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- getarcaneapp arcane: fixed in 2.11.0
- github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/backend/v2 (Go): fixed in 2.11.0
- github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/backend (Go): all versions

## Description

Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes. Prior to 2.11.0, AuthMiddleware.managerAuth accepts X-Arcane-Agent-Token credentials and the environment-token branch calls next before the AdminRequired option is evaluated. An attacker with a valid X-Arcane-Agent-Token can request /api/debug/pprof/* through a route protected by WithAdminRequired because EnvironmentPermissionSet is installed and the request continues without checking IsGlobalAdmin. This exposes administrator-restricted Go pprof runtime and diagnostic information and may impose profiling overhead. This issue is fixed in version 2.11.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getarcaneapp arcane, github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/backend/v2, github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/backend, upgrade to a fixed version (2.11.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/security/advisories/GHSA-mp22-58ff-6fhr
- https://github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/pull/3881
- https://github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/commit/4fe4c7ed9483dff7d43e3c4bee6a92037ce886b4
- https://github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/releases/tag/backend/v2.11.0

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