Audiobookshelf - Authentication Bypass

Audiobookshelf contains a path traversal caused by improper authentication-exemption check on URL-encoded paths in server/routers/Auth.js, letting unauthenticated attackers read arbitrary files, exploit requires crafted URL with encoded traversal sequences. id: CVE-2026-71209 info: name:...

CVE-2026-73085

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to...

CVE-2026-73085 Audiobookshelf: Refresh Token Accepted on Resource Endpoints

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to...

CVE-2026-73085

CVE-2026-73085 affects Audiobookshelf prior to version 2.36.0. The issue arises in jwtAuthCheck (server/auth/TokenManager.js): JWTs with the refresh token type are treated as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket endpoints (e.g., /api/me) instead of being restricted to /auth/refresh, enabling...

CVE-2026-73085 Audiobookshelf: Refresh Token Accepted on Resource Endpoints

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to...

EUVD-2026-56553

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to...

CVE-2026-73085 Audiobookshelf: Refresh Token Accepted on Resource Endpoints

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to...

CVE-2026-73085

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to...

PT-2026-70359

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to...

CVE-2026-73085: Improper Authentication

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to...

CVE-2026-71209

audiobookshelf's authentication-exemption check server/routers/Auth.js matches unauthenticated-allowed GET routes against req.path via a regex requiring a literal /items/:id/cover or /authors/:id/image shape, where req.path retains %2F sequences URL-encoded. CacheManager.handleCoverCache then joi...

CVE-2026-71209 audiobookshelf - %2F Encoding Discrepancy Bypasses Cover/Image Auth Exemption Regex, Enabling Unauthenticated Path Traversal

audiobookshelf's authentication-exemption check server/routers/Auth.js matches unauthenticated-allowed GET routes against req.path via a regex requiring a literal /items/:id/cover or /authors/:id/image shape, where req.path retains %2F sequences URL-encoded. CacheManager.handleCoverCache then joi...

CVE-2026-71209

audiobookshelf's authentication-exemption check server/routers/Auth.js matches unauthenticated-allowed GET routes against req.path via a regex requiring a literal /items/:id/cover or /authors/:id/image shape, where req.path retains %2F sequences URL-encoded. Express's router decodes the :id route...

CVE-2026-71209

audiobookshelf's authentication-exemption check server/routers/Auth.js matches unauthenticated-allowed GET routes against req.path via a regex requiring a literal /items/:id/cover or /authors/:id/image shape, where req.path retains %2F sequences URL-encoded. CacheManager.handleCoverCache then joi...

CVE-2026-71209 audiobookshelf - %2F Encoding Discrepancy Bypasses Cover/Image Auth Exemption Regex, Enabling Unauthenticated Path Traversal

audiobookshelf's authentication-exemption check server/routers/Auth.js matches unauthenticated-allowed GET routes against req.path via a regex requiring a literal /items/:id/cover or /authors/:id/image shape, where req.path retains %2F sequences URL-encoded. CacheManager.handleCoverCache then joi...

CVE-2026-71209 audiobookshelf - %2F Encoding Discrepancy Bypasses Cover/Image Auth Exemption Regex, Enabling Unauthenticated Path Traversal

audiobookshelf's authentication-exemption check server/routers/Auth.js matches unauthenticated-allowed GET routes against req.path via a regex requiring a literal /items/:id/cover or /authors/:id/image shape, where req.path retains %2F sequences URL-encoded. CacheManager.handleCoverCache then joi...

CVE-2026-71209

Audiobookshelf CVE-2026-71209 describes an authentication-exemption bypass in server/routers/Auth.js. The regex checks unauthenticated GET routes against req.path, but because req.path can contain URL-encoded %2F sequences, an encoded directory traversal like ..%2f..%2f..%2ftmp%2fpwned escapes th...

CVE-2026-71209: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

audiobookshelf's authentication-exemption check server/routers/Auth.js matches unauthenticated-allowed GET routes against req.path via a regex requiring a literal /items/:id/cover or /authors/:id/image shape, where req.path retains %2F sequences URL-encoded. CacheManager.handleCoverCache then joi...

PT-2026-68047

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Audiobookshelf affected versions not specified Description An authentication bypass exists in the authentication-exemption check within server/routers/Auth.js. The system validates unauthenticated GET routes against req.path using a regex that...

Audiobookshelf Login Panel - Detect

Detects Audiobookshelf Login Panel - Detect. !/usr/bin/env python3 -- coding: utf-8 -- """Detects Audiobookshelf Login Panel - Detect.""" from kittysploit import from lib.protocols.http.httpclient import Httpclient class ModuleScanner, Httpclient: info = 'name': 'Audiobookshelf Login Panel -...