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CVE-2026-23878 Detail

Description

HotCRP is conference review software. Starting in commit aa20ef288828b04550950cf67c831af8a525f508 and prior to commit ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0, authors with at least one submission on a HotCRP site could use the document API to download any documents (PDFs, attachments) associated with any submission. The problem was patched in commit ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/kohler/hotcrp/commit/aa20ef288828b04550950cf67c831af8a525f508 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/kohler/hotcrp/commit/ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/kohler/hotcrp/security/advisories/GHSA-vh3x-xwj4-jvqx GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-23878
NVD Published Date:
01/19/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/19/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.