NornicDB through 1.4.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users to bypass per-database read restrictions on the /nornicdb/search and /nornicdb/similar endpoints. Viewer-role users allowlisted for a database but denied read can submit search queries or node IDs to retrieve node IDs, labels and full property maps.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-16 19:18
- First seenCVSS 7.1NVD modified 2026-10-13 14:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 7
- https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB
- https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/blob/67105489e6da00714b998faf9012ffa44f526245/pkg/server/server_graph.go#L418-L423
- https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/blob/67105489e6da00714b998faf9012ffa44f526245/pkg/server/server_nornicdb.go#L415-L419
- https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/blob/67105489e6da00714b998faf9012ffa44f526245/pkg/server/server_nornicdb.go#L811-L815
- https://hackmd.io/@haind/orneryd-nornicdb-vector-endpoints-per-db-read-bypass
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nornicdb-through-1.4.1-missing-authorization-via-vector-search-endpoints
- https://hackmd.io/@haind/orneryd-nornicdb-vector-endpoints-per-db-read-bypass