CVE-2026-96271

high

Photoview through 2.4.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the shareAlbum GraphQL mutation that allows authenticated users to create share links…

Photoview through 2.4.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the shareAlbum GraphQL mutation that allows authenticated users to create share links for albums owned by other users. Attackers can supply arbitrary album IDs to generate working share tokens for victim albums, exposing photos and sub-albums to anyone with the link while retaining indefinite control over token settings.

CVSS

7.1

7.1 (CVSS v3.1)

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

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-09-23 01:16

Modified: 2026-09-24 21:08

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:55 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-639

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://github.com/photoview/photoview disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/photoview/photoview/blob/81affea602401c2f0207d955919ddcc0670a9222/api/g... disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/photoview/photoview/commit/20541762fe6d9e0ce363c3d4c55556e4ccdc57a2 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/photoview/photoview/issues/1494 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/photoview-through-2.4.0-authorization-bypass-via-shar... disclosure@vulncheck.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC · record ↗

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