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 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...

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: 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...

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-2026-71209

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 - %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...

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...

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...

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 -...

Weekly Metasploit Update: Modules for Audiobookshelf, LiteLLM, Next.js, Dalfox and more

Help shape the future of Metasploit Framework We are planning future work in relation to the evasion capabilities present in Metasploit Framework, and how they function/are presented to users. We are currently accepting responses to our feedback form, which means that you can shape the future of...

CVE-2026-42885

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.32.2, the POST /api/filesystem/pathexists endpoint uses String.startsWith to validate that a resolved file path is within a library folder. This check fails for sibling directories whose names share a common prefix e.g.,...