CVE-2026-12616
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe /v1/upload/sbom endpoint extracts the iss claim from the attacker-supplied JWT with signature verification disabled, then interpolates that string into three log statements before any validation gate. Because the configured log format ("%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s") renders newlines literally, an unauthenticated attacker can forge log records that are byte-for-byte indistinguishable from PIA's genuine "Successfully authenticated project" message. PIA is an authentication broker whose logs are explicitly relied upon for incident response (DESIGN.md §5.4 lists "Token verifications" and "Errors" as events to log), so the ability to plant fake auth-success entries directly undermines the audit trail the service exists to produce.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe /v1/upload/sbom endpoint accepts JWTs without signature verification and directly uses the iss claim in three log statements. Since the log format renders newlines literally, an unauthenticated attacker can inject newline characters in the iss claim to forge fake 'Successfully authenticated project' log entries, corrupting the audit trail that PIA relies on for incident response.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- Authentication
- X
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify /v1/upload/sbom endpoint existsReview your API routing configuration or attempt a request to the /v1/upload/sbom endpoint to confirm it is exposedAffected if The endpoint is accessible and accepts requests with JWT authentication
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Confirm JWT signature verification is enforcedReview the JWT validation logic or configuration for the /v1/upload/sbom endpoint - check if signature verification is enabled and not set to 'none' or bypassedAffected if Signature verification is disabled or allows unverified tokens
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Inspect JWT iss claim loggingExamine application code or logs related to /v1/upload/sbom to determine if the 'iss' claim from the JWT is being written to log filesAffected if The iss claim is logged without sanitization or validation
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Test for log injection via newlinesSend a crafted JWT with newline characters in the iss claim to /v1/upload/sbom and inspect the resulting log outputAffected if Newline characters in the iss claim produce multiple or forged log entries, breaking audit trail integrity
You are affected if the /v1/upload/sbom endpoint accepts JWTs without signature verification and logs the iss claim without sanitization, allowing attackers to inject forged entries into your audit logs.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataEnable JWT signature verification and validate/sanitize the iss claim before logging to prevent injection of arbitrary content into log entries.
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