CVE-2026-71206: shiori - JWT CheckToken Never Re-Validates Account State, Allowing Stale-Privilege Access After Deletion or Demotion
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-71206 is a high (CVSS 8.3) vulnerability in go-shiori shiori. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.2, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 05-08-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 10-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Shiori's CheckToken function (internal/domains/auth.go) validates only the JWT's HMAC signature and returns the embedded claims.Account object unmodified, never re-fetching the account from the database. No session store or token-revocation mechanism exists in the codebase.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.37%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
31%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.37% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Go-shiori1 product
- shioriAll versions (No fix recorded)
1 vendor · 1 product
References
1 links- github.com/go-shiori/shioriThird Party Advisory