Missing AuthenticationWeakness · CWE-306

CVE-2026-59148

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-09
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Patch available 6 weeks 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
Mockoon provides way to design and run mock APIs. Prior to 9.7.0, Mockoon's admin API in commons-server/src/libs/server/admin-api.ts is mounted on the same Express listener as user-defined mock routes, enabled by default in shipped runtimes, serves Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * with write methods allowed, and has no authentication. Any unauthenticated caller who can reach the mock server port can read MOCKOON_* environment variables, write arbitrary process environment variables through /mockoon-admin/env-vars, rewrite mock route bodies, statuses, and headers through PUT /mockoon-admin/environment, read transaction logs and SSE streams, and purge state. This issue is fixed in version 9.7.0.

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 · high confidence

Mockoon versions prior to 9.7.0 expose an unauthenticated admin API on the same port as user-defined mock routes, allowing any reachable attacker to read/write environment variables, modify mock route configurations, and access transaction logs. The admin API defaults to enabled with permissive CORS (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *) and no authentication.

MitigationUpgrade Mockoon to version 9.7.0 or later. If immediate upgrade is not possible, ensure mock server ports are not exposed to untrusted networks or implement network-level access controls.

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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
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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  1. Identify Mockoon installation and version
    Check the installed Mockoon version by running 'mockoon --version' or checking the application package.json, or look for Mockoon in installed applications
    Affected if The installed version is before 9.7.0 (or if version cannot be determined but Mockoon is present)

If the admin API endpoints respond without authentication and the Mockoon version is below 9.7.0, the environment is affected by this vulnerability

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
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Interim mitigation

Upgrade Mockoon to version 9.7.0 or later. If immediate upgrade is not possible, ensure mock server ports are not exposed to untrusted networks or implement network-level access controls.

Recommended fix High confidence

Mockoon version 9.7.0 or later

  1. 1. Identify the currently installed Mockoon version by checking the application or package.json
  2. 2. Download and install Mockoon version 9.7.0 or later from the official GitHub releases or mockoon.com
  3. 3. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the installed version
  4. 4. Restart any running Mockoon instances to ensure the patched version is active

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,720
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