CVE-2026-58593: NodeBB - ActivityPub Author Spoofing via Unvalidated attributedTo Mapped to Local User
Affected: NodeBB · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
NodeBB does not bind the claimed author of an inbound ActivityPub object to the authenticated remote actor. The inbound middleware verifies the HTTP-signature actor and checks the origin of object.id, but never validates that attributedTo corresponds to the sender. In the object mock, attributedTo is used directly as a uid, and actors.assert silently ignores numeric identifiers (filtering them out without re-deriving the uid), so a federated remote actor can set attributedTo to a bare numeric value such as 1 and have the resulting post or private message created with that local uid as author, including the administrator account. This lets a remote attacker forge posts and direct messages attributed to arbitrary local users. Requires the ActivityPub/federation feature to be enabled.
Affected products1
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- NodeBB · NodeBB4.13.2
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