A vulnerability was identified in Pixelfed up to 0.12.11. Impacted is the function instancePeers of the file app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php of the component OAuth Scope Handler. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to missing authentication. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 0.12.10 is recommended to address this issue. The name of the patch is 68dca5097305fa0065d029587b2233524636025a. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

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 Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Pixelfed
  • Pixelfed

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/68dca5097305fa0065d029587b2233524636025a cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/6643 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pull/6774 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.12.10 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-93960 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/944207 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/407919 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/407919/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was identified in Pixelfed up to 0.12.11. Impacted is the function instancePeers of the file app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php of the component OAuth Scope Handler. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to missing authentication. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 0.12.10 is recommended to address this issue. The name of the patch is 68dca5097305fa0065d029587b2233524636025a. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Title Pixelfed OAuth Scope ApiV1Controller.php instancePeers missing authentication
First Time appeared Pixelfed
Pixelfed pixelfed
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-306
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pixelfed:pixelfed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pixelfed
Pixelfed pixelfed
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-09-20T03:00:19.652Z

Updated: 2026-09-22T18:19:23.478Z

Reserved: 2026-09-19T09:16:56.504Z

Link: CVE-2026-93960

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-22T18:18:38.695Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-20T04:17:55.540

Modified: 2026-09-22T19:16:58.623

Link: CVE-2026-93960

cve-icon Redhat

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