CVE Intelligence
Medium Access control

CVE-2026-115725 — Chatwoot before 4.17.0 Cross-Account Authorization Bypass via source_id

Chatwoot before 4.17.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated agent bots to access other accounts by supplying a foreign contact inbox source_id. Attackers can call the conversations create endpoint with another account's source_id to create or retrieve conversations and post messages to that account's contacts.

Published Oct 23, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, GitHub Security Advisories · CNA: VulnCheck

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.
How the score was calculated
  • EPSS 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+2
  • Technical severity (medium)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
0.24%
ahead of 15% of scored CVEs · Oct 30, 2026
Affects
Chatwoot
Chatwoot
CVSS base
4.2
Medium · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Chatwoot Chatwoot).
  2. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
  3. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (access control), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
Chatwoot Chatwoot < 4.17.0 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
2.3 CVSS 4.0 Low — — disclosure@vulncheck.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
2.3 CVSS 4.0 Low — — VulnCheck via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
4.2 CVSS 3.1 Medium 1.6 2.5 disclosure@vulncheck.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
4.2 CVSS 3.1 Medium — — GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
4.2 CVSS 3.1 Medium — — VulnCheck via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N (score shown at the top: disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (IDOR)

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 24, 2026 → Oct 30, 2026 · 7 reading(s) · max 0.33%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

  • Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
  • Audit administrative actions and access to resources outside each user’s normal pattern.
web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSauthentication logsapplication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 29, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Source status changed · Received → Deferred
    Oct 23, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Affected products added · chatwoot/chatwoot
    Oct 23, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 23, 2026
  • CVSS changed · 4.2
    Oct 23, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Received
    Oct 23, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 23, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
  • CVE published
    Oct 23, 2026 · VulnCheck

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 2× References added · Oct 23, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026
  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 23, 2026 – Oct 23, 2026

References

8 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Chatwoot
every CVE for this vendor
Access control
same class
CWE-639
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • CVE-2026-113355 Chatwoot before 4.14.0 Stored XSS via Help Center Video Embed Links 11d
  • CVE-2026-72719 Chatwoot: Cross-Account Resource Transfer via `account_id` Parameter Aug 10, 2026
  • CVE-2026-63765 Chatwoot < 4.16.0 Unauthenticated ActiveStorage Direct Upload Arbitrary Blob Creation Jul 23, 2026
  • CVE-2026-44706 Chatwoot: SQL Injection in Conversation/Contact Filter API via Custom Attribute Values May 26, 2026
  • CVE-2026-44707 Chatwoot: Pre-Account Takeover via OAuth on Unconfirmed Accounts May 26, 2026
  • CVE-2025-12246 chatwoot Admin IframeLoader.vue cross site scripting Oct 27, 2025

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-115725 is "Chatwoot before 4.17.0 Cross-Account Authorization Bypass via source_id", rated Medium. It affects Chatwoot (Chatwoot); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 4.2 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.24% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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