Umbraco-CMS: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CVE-2026-69197)
Published Last modified Sources: CVE.org, OSV, Hersteller
What is affected, what to do
Umbraco is an ASP.NET CMS. Prior to 13.15.1, 17.5.3, and 18.0.2, the Content Delivery API applies member and Public Access checks to the directly requested node but not to referenced nodes serialized through Content Picker or Multi-Node Tree Picker properties, including pickers nested in Block List, Block Grid, or Rich Text Editor blocks.
The available sources name no fixed version. Check the vendor guidance in the references below.
- Affected
- Umbraco-CMS
gte 12.0.0, < 13.15.1..*
- Umbraco-CMS
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Metrics
8.7
Priority
XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.
Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v4
8.7
CVSS v4
Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.
Source: CVE.org, OSV, Hersteller
0.7 %
EPSS score
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 51.7
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- Severity
- High
Priority (0–325)
The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?
Read in glossary- 92.23 Methodology
Exploit maturity
An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.
Read in glossary- no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS
XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.
Read in glossary- 8.7 Methodology
CVSS v4
CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.
Read in glossary- 8.7
EPSS score
The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.
Read in glossary- 0.7 %
- Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile
The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.
Read in glossary- 51.7
- High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
KEV status
The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.
Read in glossary- —
- Published
- CISA assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none known · automatable · Technical impact: partial
- Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 17 September 2026
CWE
CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.
Read in glossary- CWE-200, CWE-862
Detection rules
No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.
Classification under NIS2 and CRA
Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.
NIS2
NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.
Read in glossary- High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
CRA
The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.
Read in glossary- From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.
Read in glossary- Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.
Description
Umbraco is an ASP.NET CMS. Prior to 13.15.1, 17.5.3, and 18.0.2, the Content Delivery API applies member and Public Access checks to the directly requested node but not to referenced nodes serialized through Content Picker or Multi-Node Tree Picker properties, including pickers nested in Block List, Block Grid, or Rich Text Editor blocks. When DeliveryApi:PublicAccess is enabled, an anonymous caller can retrieve a protected node's name, route, and id through an unprotected referencing node and use ?expand to retrieve full property values. When the Delivery API is instead gated by the organization-wide API key, a key holder can still bypass per-node Public Access through the same expansion path. The same RequestContextOutputExpansionStrategyV2 and ElementOnlyOutputExpansionStrategy path also bypasses allowed or disallowed content-type alias restrictions for referenced content. Direct requests for the protected node still return 401, and no integrity or availability impact is established. This issue is fixed in versions 13.15.1, 17.5.3, and 18.0.2.
Source: cvelistv5, OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities), NVD (NIST), GitHub Security Advisories
Affected products
The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.
| Affected versions | Fixed in | ||
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| umbraco | Umbraco-CMS |
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| nuget | umbraco.cms |
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Vendors and products
Weakness classes (CWE)
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Class
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
Entry at MITRE CWE-200CWE-862Missing Authorization
Class
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Entry at MITRE CWE-862
References & sources
- github.comumbraco/Umbraco-CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-wr57-hqmp-fgvhweb, x_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.comumbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/26312a3f717a0f33bb3d7d28b14bef3592bd…web, x_refsource_MISC
- github.comumbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/5360e2a9681ce2d0024be374e80339260bcc…web, x_refsource_MISC
- github.comumbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/a9649da4e5a0786db7688bd6b5036a21df26…web, x_refsource_MISC
- github.comumbraco/Umbraco-CMSpackage
- github.comumbraco/Umbraco-CMS/releases/tag/release-13.15.1web, x_refsource_MISC
- github.comumbraco/Umbraco-CMS/releases/tag/release-17.5.3web, x_refsource_MISC
- github.comumbraco/Umbraco-CMS/releases/tag/release-18.0.2web, x_refsource_MISC
Changes to this CVE
Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).
Record modifiedCISA ADP
CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: none known, automatable: yes
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Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After SSVC assessment added —{"id":"CVE-2026-69197","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"yes"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-09-17T17:23:00.299716Z"}Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
ReceivedGitHub
CVSS V4.0: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness type: CWE-200, CWE-862
Description added or changed
New references:- https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/26312a3f717a0f33bb3d7d28b14bef3592bdb0fe
- https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/5360e2a9681ce2d0024be374e80339260bcc2511
- https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/a9649da4e5a0786db7688bd6b5036a21df26b015
- https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/releases/tag/release-13.15.1
and 3 more references
Show 12 original changes
Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Description added —Umbraco is an ASP.NET CMS. Prior to 13.15.1, 17.5.3, and 18.0.2, the Content Delivery API applies member and Public Access checks to the directly requested node but not to referenced nodes serialized through Content Picker or Multi-Node Tree Picker properties, including pickers nested in Block List, Block Grid, or Rich Text Editor blocks. When DeliveryApi:PublicAccess is enabled, an anonymous caller can retrieve a protected node's name, route, and id through an unprotected referencing node and use ?expand to retrieve full property values. When the Delivery API is instead gated by the organization-wide API key, a key holder can still bypass per-node Public Access through the same expansion path. The same RequestContextOutputExpansionStrategyV2 and ElementOnlyOutputExpansionStrategy path also bypasses allowed or disallowed content-type alias restrictions for referenced content. Direct requests for the protected node still return 401, and no integrity or availability impact is established. This issue is fixed in versions 13.15.1, 17.5.3, and 18.0.2.CVSS added —AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XWeakness type (CWE) added —CWE-200Weakness type (CWE) added —CWE-862Affected versions (publisher) added —New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/69xxx/CVE-2026-69197.json">CVE-2026-69197</a>Reference added —https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/26312a3f717a0f33bb3d7d28b14bef3592bdb0feReference added —https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/5360e2a9681ce2d0024be374e80339260bcc2511Reference added —https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/a9649da4e5a0786db7688bd6b5036a21df26b015Reference added —https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/releases/tag/release-13.15.1Reference added —https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/releases/tag/release-17.5.3Reference added —https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/releases/tag/release-18.0.2Reference added —https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-wr57-hqmp-fgvhSource identifier: security-advisories@github.com
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