CVE-2026-13014
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 · uneditedA vulnerability in Thales CERT "Suspicious" application =< 1.3.4 allows a remote and unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code and arbitrarily overwrite writable application files—including Python modules, configuration files, cron inputs, and runtime artifacts—leading to a persistent denial of service, the potential compromise of application secrets or integrations, and root-level execution inside the Django application container. This vulnerability has been names "Matryoshka Mail". Thales PSIRT acknowledges and thanks Lucien Doustaly (aka wlayzz) for discovering and reporting this issue.
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 confidenceA critical path traversal or unrestricted file write vulnerability in Thales CERT 'Suspicious' application (<=1.3.4) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files including Python modules, config files, cron inputs, and runtime artifacts, achieving arbitrary code execution and root-level persistence within the Django container.
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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:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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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Confirm Thales CERT Suspicious application is installedLocate the application by searching for its executable or service name, or check Django's installed applications list for 'suspicious' or 'thales_cert' modulesAffected if The application is present in the environment
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Determine installed versionCheck the application's version metadata via its __version__ attribute, setup.py, version file, or software bill of materials (SBOM)Affected if The version is 1.3.4 or lower
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Assess network exposureVerify whether the application is accessible over the network to unauthenticated users by reviewing firewall rules, reverse proxy configuration, or network ACLsAffected if The application accepts remote unauthenticated connections
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Inspect writable file permissionsExamine permissions on application directories containing Python modules, configuration files, cron definitions, and runtime artifacts; verify which OS users and the Django application process can write to these pathsAffected if The application process or associated users have overly permissive write access to critical application files or system directories
If the Thales CERT Suspicious application version 1.3.4 or lower is exposed to unauthenticated network access, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to version >1.3.4 immediately. Until patched, disable network exposure of the affected application and implement strict file permission controls on the application filesystem.
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- Review / QA6.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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