5.4

CVE-2026-22253: Soft Serve is missing an authorization check in LFS lock deletion

Analyzed
AliasesGHSA-6jm8-x3g6-r33jGO-2026-4290
Published 08-01-2026Last modified 08-01-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-22253 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in charm soft_serve. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1SUSE-SU-2026:0142-1

Timeline

  1. 08-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Soft Serve is a self-hostable Git server for the command line. Prior to version 0.11.2, an authorization bypass in the LFS lock deletion endpoint allows any authenticated user with repository write access to delete locks owned by other users by setting the force flag. The vulnerable code path processes force deletions before retrieving user context, bypassing ownership validation entirely. This issue has been patched in version 0.11.2.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

23%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Soft Serve

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Charm1 product
Charmbracelet1 product
Github.com/charmbracelet1 product
  • soft-serve< 0.11.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links