CVE-2026-71262
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 · uneditedIoTSharp BlobStorageController.cs lacks the [Authorize] attribute applied to every other controller in the application (DevicesController, CustomersController, TenantsController, etc.), and no global authorization FallbackPolicy is configured in Startup.cs, leaving its Upload/Download/List/Modify/Delete endpoints reachable by unauthenticated remote attackers.
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 confidenceIoTSharp's BlobStorageController.cs is missing the [Authorize] attribute that is applied to all other controllers (DevicesController, CustomersController, TenantsController). Additionally, no global authorization FallbackPolicy is configured in Startup.cs. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access the Upload, Download, List, Modify, and Delete endpoints of BlobStorageController.
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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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate and inspect BlobStorageControllerFind the BlobStorageController.cs file in the IoTSharp source code and check whether the class declaration includes the [Authorize] attribute at the topAffected if The [Authorize] attribute is missing from the BlobStorageController class declaration
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Check other controllers for comparisonInspect DevicesController, CustomersController, or TenantsController to confirm they have the [Authorize] attribute, confirming the expected patternAffected if Other controllers have [Authorize] but BlobStorageController does not
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Inspect Startup.cs for FallbackPolicyOpen Startup.cs and search for FallbackPolicy or AddAuthorization configuration. Check if a default authorization policy is set that would apply to all endpointsAffected if No FallbackPolicy is configured in the authorization setup, leaving unauthenticated endpoints accessible
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Verify blob storage endpoints are reachable without credentialsAttempt to access the BlobStorageController endpoints (Upload, Download, List, Modify, Delete) using an HTTP client without providing any authentication tokenAffected if The endpoints return successful responses without requiring authentication
If BlobStorageController lacks the [Authorize] attribute and Startup.cs has no FallbackPolicy configured, the environment allows unauthenticated access to blob storage operations and is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataAdd the [Authorize] attribute to the BlobStorageController class or configure a global authorization FallbackPolicy in Startup.cs to ensure all endpoints require authentication by default.
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