CVE-2026-88061: CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in santifer career-ops
career-ops is an open-source AI-assisted job search and application management tool. Prior to 0.8.0, the career-ops local web dashboard web/ exposed command-spawning and user-file-writing /api routes without validating request origin or restricting clients to loopback addresses. A malicious page in another browser tab could send cross-origin localhost requests while the dashboard was running, and a dashboard bound beyond loopback could receive direct requests from the local network. Both paths allowed unauthenticated command execution as the dashboard user, but npm installations were unaffected because web/ is excluded from the published package. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.0.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-88061 affects santifer career-ops, an open-source AI-assisted job search and application management tool. Before version 0.8.0, the local web dashboard's web/ directory exposed API routes that allowed command execution and file writing without validating the origin of requests or limiting access to localhost. This enabled cross-origin requests from malicious pages or local network clients to execute commands without authentication. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and CWE-1385. The issue does not affect npm installations since the web/ directory is excluded from the published package. The vulnerability has a CVSS 4.0 score of 5.8 (medium severity) and is resolved in version 0.8.0.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as the dashboard user without authentication by sending crafted cross-origin requests. This could lead to unauthorized command execution and file manipulation on the affected system. However, npm installations are not affected due to exclusion of the vulnerable web/ directory. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade to santifer career-ops version 0.8.0 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Prior versions expose unauthenticated command execution risks and should be updated promptly. No other mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-88061: CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in santifer career-ops
Description
career-ops is an open-source AI-assisted job search and application management tool. Prior to 0.8.0, the career-ops local web dashboard web/ exposed command-spawning and user-file-writing /api routes without validating request origin or restricting clients to loopback addresses. A malicious page in another browser tab could send cross-origin localhost requests while the dashboard was running, and a dashboard bound beyond loopback could receive direct requests from the local network. Both paths allowed unauthenticated command execution as the dashboard user, but npm installations were unaffected because web/ is excluded from the published package. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.0.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.8medium
Affected software
santifer
career-ops
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-88061 affects santifer career-ops, an open-source AI-assisted job search and application management tool. Before version 0.8.0, the local web dashboard's web/ directory exposed API routes that allowed command execution and file writing without validating the origin of requests or limiting access to localhost. This enabled cross-origin requests from malicious pages or local network clients to execute commands without authentication. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and CWE-1385. The issue does not affect npm installations since the web/ directory is excluded from the published package. The vulnerability has a CVSS 4.0 score of 5.8 (medium severity) and is resolved in version 0.8.0.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as the dashboard user without authentication by sending crafted cross-origin requests. This could lead to unauthorized command execution and file manipulation on the affected system. However, npm installations are not affected due to exclusion of the vulnerable web/ directory. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade to santifer career-ops version 0.8.0 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Prior versions expose unauthenticated command execution risks and should be updated promptly. No other mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-09T21:22:45.434Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa3080491cc7f38489f6537
Added to database: 09/10/2026, 19:41:56 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 19:52:13 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 22:12:32 UTC
Views: 7
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