stoatchat before 0.15.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the Subscribe message handler that allows authenticated attackers to enumerate members and monitor profile updates of private servers without membership. Attackers can subscribe to any server's member-update topic by sending a Subscribe message with an arbitrary server ID, receiving live UserUpdate events including display names, avatars, and status changes for members they should not have access to.
History

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First Time appeared Stoatchat
Stoatchat stoatchat
Vendors & Products Stoatchat
Stoatchat stoatchat

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Description stoatchat before 0.15.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the Subscribe message handler that allows authenticated attackers to enumerate members and monitor profile updates of private servers without membership. Attackers can subscribe to any server's member-update topic by sending a Subscribe message with an arbitrary server ID, receiving live UserUpdate events including display names, avatars, and status changes for members they should not have access to.
Title stoatchat before 0.15.0 Missing Authorization via Subscribe
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T11:04:39.522Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T10:31:04.592Z

Link: CVE-2026-74869

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-17T11:16:41.163

Modified: 2026-08-17T11:16:41.163

Link: CVE-2026-74869

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Updated: 2026-08-17T12:45:03Z