critical
CVE-2026-55089
Etherpad OAuth authorization_code path authorizes /api/2/* requests without a valid API key
- Severity
- critical
- Affected product
- Etherpad
- Affected versions
- Etherpad ≥ 2.1.0, < 3.1.0
- Fixed in
- Etherpad 3.1.0
- Detection basis
- Component version range
- Shipped rule
- Etherpad: Etherpad OAuth authorization_code path authorizes /api/2/* requests without a valid API key
- Added to NewScan
- 2026-08-20
- Detected by
- NewScan — free, self-hosted
How NewScan reports it
COMPONENT VERSION RANGE
NewScan fingerprints Etherpad from its response and reports this CVE when the detected version falls inside the affected range below.
References
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