CVE-2026-48191 | Wrong Permission Handling in Document Search Article Meta Filters

An incorrect handling of permissions in STORM powered by OTRS and in OTRS (2026.x and above) Document Search Article Meta Filters modules allows gaining knowledge about number of affected CIs, SLA and services without gaining access to them. This issue affects OTRS with STORM modules: * 7.0.X * 8.0.X * 2023.X * 2024.X * 2025.X * 2026.X before 2026.4.X

Published: 2026-06-01 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-48191 is rated Low Risk (15.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-48191

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.14% +0.12%
2 2026-06-01 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-48191

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.1 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-48191

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-48191

GHSA-gfw4-qw54-w5p8 · Severity: low — An incorrect handling of permissions in STORM powered by OTRS and in OTRS (2026.x and above)...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-48191

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
otrs otrs >= 7.0.0, <= 8.0.37 cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
otrs otrs >= 2023.0.0, < 2026.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-48191

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