# CVE-2026-97061: Black Candy through 3.2.1 Information Disclosure via Playlist Search

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-09-29

## Affected

- blackcandy-org Black Candy: through 3.2.1

## Description

Black Candy through 3.2.1 fails to scope playlist search queries to the authenticated session user, allowing any authenticated user to enumerate all playlists on the instance. Attackers can query the SearchController or Search::PlaylistsController endpoints with blank or targeted search parameters to retrieve playlist names belonging to other users without authorization.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on blackcandy-org Black Candy, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/issues/463
- https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/controllers/search_controller.rb#L9
- https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/controllers/search/playlists_controller.rb#L5
- https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/models/concerns/searchable_concern.rb#L21
- https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/black-candy-through-3.2.1-information-disclosure-via-playlist-search

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