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Insufficiently Protected CredentialsWeakness · CWE-522

CVE-2026-47660

HIGH · 8.7 CVSS v4.0 Published 2026-08-07
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96/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click 11 days old

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 · unedited
Pathling is a set of tools that make it easier to use FHIR and clinical terminology within health data analytics. Prior to version 2.0.0 of Pathling Server, Pathling's bulk-submit operation allows an allowed submitter to supply an explicit `oauthMetadataUrl` parameter that is not validated against `pathling.bulkSubmit.allowableSources`. When present, the bulk-submit OAuth flow trusts metadata and the returned `token_endpoint` from the caller-chosen location, then builds outbound OAuth client authentication directly from the submitter's stored credentials. This is fixed in Pathling Server 2.0.0.

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
How this class of weakness works · CWE-522

Credentials are stored or transmitted without adequate protection, so an attacker who reaches them can reuse them directly. One weak link here can unravel an entire system. Remediation means strong hashing for stored secrets, encryption in transit, and never writing credentials to logs.

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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:H/VI:N/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

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dbcve · scoped
Recommended fix High confidence

2.0.0

  1. Review the Pathling Server 2.0.0 release notes and migration guide for any breaking changes
  2. Stop the current Pathling Server instance
  3. Backup the existing configuration and data directories
  4. Upgrade Pathling Server to version 2.0.0 using your deployment method (Docker, Helm, or direct JAR installation)
  5. Verify that the pathling.bulkSubmit.allowableSources configuration is properly set to restrict allowed OAuth metadata sources
  6. Restart Pathling Server and verify the bulk-submit operation works correctly with the new version
  7. Monitor logs to confirm the oauthMetadataUrl parameter is now validated against allowableSources
Caveat Major version upgrade from 1.x to 2.0.0 likely includes API and configuration changes; review migration guide before upgrading

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