Critical 9.1Published Aug 18, 2026

CVE-2026-71879Authentication bypass in Integrated Publishing Toolkit

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:10 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Missing authentication in initial setup functionality left exposed until first reboot in GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit versions before 3.3.4 allows remote authenticated attackers to gain administrative control via authentication bypass

CVSS: 9.1 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-288
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Mandiant
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Aug 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit gbif:integrated_publishing_toolkit (from the name)	before 3.3.4	CNA record

References

https://www.gbif.org/iptproduct
https://github.com/gbif/ipt/issues/3115patch
https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2026/MNDT-2026-0015.mdthird-party-advisory

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