CVE-2026-116748 json
Transmission 4.0.0 before 4.1.3 Permissive CORS Leaks RPC Anti-CSRF Token
published 2026-10-26 13 d ago modified 2026-10-31 9 d ago also EUVD-2026-110496
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.2%
- EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
Summary
Transmission 4.0.0 before 4.1.3 contains a permissive CORS vulnerability in handle_request() in rpc-server.cc that exposes the X-Transmission-Session-Id anti-CSRF token to any web origin. Malicious web pages can read the token from the 409 handshake response and replay it to issue RPC calls, enabling script-torrent-done execution, download-dir changes, or torrent and data deletion.
Patch / fix
- transmission transmission 4.1.3
- transmission Debian 14 4.1.3+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116748
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-116748 updated cvss 8.8
transmission: Transmission: Arbitrary code execution via overly permissive CORS policy
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 9 d ago
Exploit prediction
1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template Transmission 4.0.0-4.1.2 - Permissive CORS Exposes RPC Session ID nuclei detection template
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:X |
Affected products
- transmission transmission
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-942 Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains
References
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github.com
/transmission/transmission/pull/8938
issue-tracking, patch
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github.com
/transmission/transmission/commit/c6a1bd2017a0fea9c956737c213f23e4b0f7929e
patch
-
github.com
/transmission/transmission
product
-
github.com
/transmission/transmission/releases/tag/4.1.3
release-notes
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github.com
/transmission/transmission/blob/4.1.2/libtransmission/rpc-server.cc#L560
technical-description
-
joshua.hu
/transmission-cors-rpc-csrf-rce-drive-by-exploit
third-party-advisory
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/transmission-4.0.0-before-4.1.3-permissive-cors-leaks-rpc-anti-csrf-token
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-116748
- NVD CVE-2026-116748
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