What is CVE-2026-71242?

CVE-2026-71242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Crater-Invoice Crater, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2026-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-71242?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Crater-Invoice Crater

CVE-2026-71242

Crater's NotePolicy checks only a blanket Bouncer ability (manage-all-notes / view-all-notes) with no company-ownership comparison, unlike InvoicePolicy and other sibling policies which additionally verify ->hasCompany(->company_id). Any authenticated user of one company can read, edit, or delete another company's notes by ID.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published 2026-08-05 · last modified 2026-10-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Crater-Invoice Crater — versions 6.0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-71242?: CVE-2026-71242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Crater-Invoice Crater, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2026-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-71242?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.