CVE-2026-58593 NodeBB - ActivityPub Author Spoofing via Unvalidated attributedTo Mapped to Local User

NodeBB does not bind the claimed author of an inbound ActivityPub object to the authenticated remote actor. The inbound middleware verifies the HTTP-signature actor and checks the origin of object.id, but never validates that attributedTo corresponds to the sender. In the object mock, attributedT...

CVE-2026-58593

NodeBB is affected by CVE-2026-58593 where inbound ActivityPub objects are not correctly bound to the authenticated remote actor. The middleware verifies the HTTP-signature actor and origin of object.id but does not validate that attributedTo corresponds to the sender, treating attributedTo as a ...