CVE-2026-54573CWE-863

Authorization Bypass in API Key/OAuth Scopes via Path Parsing Discrepancy

Medium · published June 25, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Outline is a service that allows for collaborative documentation. Prior to 1.8.0, the AuthenticationHelper.canAccess function uses ctx.originalUrl to verify if an API key or OAuth token has the required scopes for a request. It extracts the resource by splitting the URL by / and taking the last segment. However, it fails to strip the URL fragment (#). Because Koa's router uses ctx.path (which strips the fragment) for routing, an attacker can append a fragment containing a permitted path (e.g., #foo/api/documents.info) to a restricted endpoint (e.g., /api/documents.create). The router will route the request to the restricted endpoint, but canAccess will evaluate the permitted path in the fragment, bypassing the API key scope restrictions and allowing privilege escalation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00498 · 41.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-06-25T15:59Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUN 15:59Z
    Authorization Bypass in API Key/OAuth Scopes via Path Parsing Discrepancy
    cvelistv5