CVE•Published 2026-08-11•Modified 2026-09-09•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72920
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
34
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 66% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system. Prior to 4.24, the filer registers the SeaweedIdentityAccessManagement gRPC service without mandatory authentication when jwt.filer_signing.key is unset, allowing any client that can reach the filer gRPC port to invoke CreateUser, CreateAccessKey, PutPolicy, and related IAM RPCs to mint credentials and gain S3 administrative control. This issue is fixed in versions 4.24.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-09-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-72920Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-72920Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2026-72920Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-72920GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-72920" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-72920 on GitHub.