CVE-2026-18819: Cross-Site Request Forgery in RackTables
CVE-2026-18819 is a medium severity cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting RackTables versions 0.1 through 0.22.0. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions by exploiting the lack of CSRF protections in the affected versions. The project maintainer has acknowledged the issue but has not committed to a timely fix. No official patch or remediation is currently available.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
RackTables versions 0.1 up to and including 0.22.0 are vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack due to the absence of CSRF prevention mechanisms. This vulnerability enables remote attackers to trick authenticated users into submitting unwanted requests, potentially leading to unauthorized state changes. The vulnerability has been publicly disclosed, and while plausible, no official fix or mitigation has been provided by the project maintainer as of the publication date.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to exploit the lack of CSRF protection to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users. This can lead to unintended modifications or operations within the RackTables application. However, the impact is limited by the need for user interaction (UI:P) and the absence of privilege requirements (PR:N). No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently available for this vulnerability. The project maintainer has indicated that there is no guarantee of a timely or any fix. Users should consider implementing manual CSRF protections at the application or web server level if possible, or restrict access to trusted users until an official remediation is released. Monitor the vendor's advisories for updates.
CVE-2026-18819: Cross-Site Request Forgery in RackTables
Description
CVE-2026-18819 is a medium severity cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting RackTables versions 0.1 through 0.22.0. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions by exploiting the lack of CSRF protections in the affected versions. The project maintainer has acknowledged the issue but has not committed to a timely fix. No official patch or remediation is currently available.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
RackTables versions 0.1 up to and including 0.22.0 are vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack due to the absence of CSRF prevention mechanisms. This vulnerability enables remote attackers to trick authenticated users into submitting unwanted requests, potentially leading to unauthorized state changes. The vulnerability has been publicly disclosed, and while plausible, no official fix or mitigation has been provided by the project maintainer as of the publication date.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to exploit the lack of CSRF protection to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users. This can lead to unintended modifications or operations within the RackTables application. However, the impact is limited by the need for user interaction (UI:P) and the absence of privilege requirements (PR:N). No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently available for this vulnerability. The project maintainer has indicated that there is no guarantee of a timely or any fix. Users should consider implementing manual CSRF protections at the application or web server level if possible, or restrict access to trusted users until an official remediation is released. Monitor the vendor's advisories for updates.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-04T13:08:18.020Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a726e2bbf8831d5399ea7a7
Added to database: 08/04/2026, 22:56:43 UTC
Last enriched: 08/04/2026, 23:47:41 UTC
Last updated: 08/04/2026, 23:47:41 UTC
Views: 4
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