{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-56782: Gorse - Unauthenticated Database Dump and Restore via /api/dump and /api/restore Endpoints","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-56782","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-29T17:16:14.050Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-29T19:41:31.675Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-29T17:16:14.050Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Gorse before 0.5.10 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/dump and /api/restore endpoints that allows unauthenticated attackers to access protected functionality when admin_api_key is empty, which is the default configuration. Remote attackers can exfiltrate the entire database including user records, items, and feedback data containing personally identifiable information, or completely overwrite the dataset without authentication.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-56782 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-56782"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56782"},{"category":"external","summary":"Researcher Disclosure","url":"https://github.com/gorse-io/gorse/issues/1292"},{"category":"external","summary":"Pull Request","url":"https://github.com/gorse-io/gorse/pull/1293"},{"category":"external","summary":"Patch Commit","url":"https://github.com/gorse-io/gorse/commit/19fdcbb309fb5b609e9cc3eb10c74885b5b27da9"},{"category":"external","summary":"vulncheck.com","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gorse-unauthenticated-database-dump-and-restore-via-api-dump-and-api-restore-endpoints"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"gorse-io","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"gorse","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":"<0.5.10","product":{"name":"gorse-io gorse <0.5.10","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:gorse-io:gorse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":"0.5.10","product":{"name":"gorse-io gorse 0.5.10","product_id":"CSAFPID-2","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:gorse-io:gorse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-56782","title":"Gorse - Unauthenticated Database Dump and Restore via /api/dump and /api/restore Endpoints","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Gorse before 0.5.10 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/dump and /api/restore endpoints that allows unauthenticated attackers to access protected functionality when admin_api_key is empty, which is the default configuration. Remote attackers can exfiltrate the entire database including user records, items, and feedback data containing personally identifiable information, or completely overwrite the dataset without authentication.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"],"fixed":["CSAFPID-2"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v4":{"version":"4.0","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"vendor_fix","details":"Update to a fixed version: 0.5.10.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"],"url":"https://github.com/gorse-io/gorse/commit/19fdcbb309fb5b609e9cc3eb10c74885b5b27da9"}]}]}