CVE-2026-116018: ONEARMY community-platform before 2.165.2 IDOR via notification read endpoint
Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.
Generated by VEDAS. Scores as of 2026-11-01 19:19 UTC. Rebuilt every few hours from cve-scores, CISA KEV and vedas-signatures. How this works and its limits.
What it is
ONEARMY community-platform before 2.165.2 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability that allows authenticated users to mark other users’ notifications as read via POST /api/notifications/:id/read. Attackers can iterate sequential notification IDs to suppress unread indicators of users in the same tenant, causing them to miss replies, comments and new-content notices.
Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by VulnCheck, published 2026-10-24).
Weakness: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
How it can be exploited
Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity with no special attack requirements needing low privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none. CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses that a public proof of concept exists. Automatable: no. Technical impact: partial.
Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)
Also known as: GHSA-rq5g-4m5j-8p36
VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:DOVEDEEP
Exploit Observer links 3 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.
Exploit code and modules (3)
Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2026/CVE-2026-116018.rules
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2026/CVE-2026-116018.rules
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2026/CVE-2026-116018.rules
Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (2)
Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rq5g-4m5j-8p36
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116018
3 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.
VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.
Live scores
- EPSS
- 0.002
low predicted chance of attack - VEDAS
- 0.985
strong exploit evidence - On CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Detection rule
- Suricata
Who is affected
| Product | Affected | Not affected |
|---|---|---|
| ONEARMY community-platform | before 2.165.2 | Not stated |
Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.
How to fix it
Fixed versions stated in the CVE record: 2.165.2.
Vendor guidance:
- https://github.com/ONEARMY/community-platform/pull/5011 (patch, issue-tracking)
- https://github.com/ONEARMY/community-platform/commit/571732c26caf1a0a46e5335d275cef2e19dfab08 (patch)
- community-platform v2.165.2 Release Notes (release-notes)
How to detect it
Suricata rules (network detection)
1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2026-116018 ONEARMY community-platform - Notification Read IDOR. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.
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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2026-116018 ONEARMY community-platform - Notification Read IDOR"; flow:established,to_server; http.method; content:"POST"; http.uri; content:"/api/notifications/"; fast_pattern; nocase; content:"/read"; nocase; pcre:"/\x2fapi\x2fnotifications\x2f\d+\x2fread/i"; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2026-116018; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2026-116018&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=onearmy&match=exact; sid:1090203; rev:1;)
CVE-2026-116018.rules on GitHub
References
Vendor advisories and patches
- https://github.com/ONEARMY/community-platform/pull/5011 (patch, issue-tracking)
- https://github.com/ONEARMY/community-platform/commit/571732c26caf1a0a46e5335d275cef2e19dfab08 (patch)
- community-platform v2.165.2 Release Notes (release-notes)
Exploits and technical analysis
- https://github.com/ONEARMY/community-platform/issues/5022 (issue-tracking)
- https://github.com/ONEARMY/community-platform/blob/v2.163.2/src/routes/api.notifications.$id.read.ts#L6-L22 (technical-description)
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/onearmy-community-platform-notification-read-idor (third-party-advisory)
- VulnCheck Advisory: ONEARMY community-platform before 2.165.2 IDOR via notification read endpoint (third-party-advisory)
Other databases
Where this comes from
This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.