CVE-2026-85499

critical

Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache SkyWalking BanyanDB.

Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache SkyWalking BanyanDB. The Canopy includes incomplete proof-of-concept role and monitoring-proxy functionality. Under a non-default configuration with a readonly Canopy user and a reachable monitoring target, that user can send non-read requests through the monitoring proxy. This issue affects Apache SkyWalking BanyanDB: from 0.11.0 before 0.11.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.11.1, which fixes the issue.

CVSS

9.1

9.1 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-12 12:17

Modified: 2026-10-16 18:19

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/qz1ogm6b37gfqq04y0lkdj8x1zr5cb4r security@apache.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/28/5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC · record ↗

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