A weakness has been identified in pkp pkp-lib 3.3.0/3.4.0/3.5.0. This vulnerability affects the function setData of the file classes/user/form/APIProfileForm.php of the component API Key Generation. Executing a manipulation of the argument apiKey can lead to insufficient entropy. The attack may be performed from remote. This attack is characterized by high complexity. It is stated that the exploitability is difficult. This patch is called 529b5df878e571ccc727647f7748eafc1466b041. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Pkp
  • Pkp-lib

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/529b5df878e571ccc727647f7748eafc1466b041 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/12951 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-19906 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/870828 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/390119 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/390119/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description A weakness has been identified in pkp pkp-lib 3.3.0/3.4.0/3.5.0. This vulnerability affects the function setData of the file classes/user/form/APIProfileForm.php of the component API Key Generation. Executing a manipulation of the argument apiKey can lead to insufficient entropy. The attack may be performed from remote. This attack is characterized by high complexity. It is stated that the exploitability is difficult. This patch is called 529b5df878e571ccc727647f7748eafc1466b041. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
Title pkp pkp-lib API Key Generation APIProfileForm.php setData entropy
First Time appeared Pkp
Pkp pkp-lib
Weaknesses CWE-330
CWE-331
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pkp:pkp-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pkp
Pkp pkp-lib
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-08-15T19:00:10.115Z

Updated: 2026-08-17T17:39:52.698Z

Reserved: 2026-08-14T19:48:10.879Z

Link: CVE-2026-19906

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T17:39:46.531Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T19:16:32.470

Modified: 2026-08-17T18:16:34.770

Link: CVE-2026-19906

cve-icon Redhat

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