MantisBT has an Authorization Bypass that Allows Uploading Attachments to Private Issues via REST API

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2026-34754 · GHSA-h4x5-gvx6-3rwc · Published 20/05/2026 · updated 24/07/2026

In short

CVE-2026-34754 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting mantisbt/mantisbt.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.25%, higher than 16.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.28.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mantisbt/mantisbt Packagist	`< 2.28.2`	`2.28.2`

Description

Impact

MantisBT allows an authenticated user to upload attachments to private Issues they are not authorized to access.

Patches

b262b4d2835b81394d75356dead66e52a6275206

Workarounds

None.

Credits

Thanks to Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issue.

NVD description

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.28.1 and prior allow an authenticated user to upload attachments to private Issues they are not authorized to access. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.

References

mantisbt/mantisbt security advisory · WEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34754 · ADVISORY
mantisbt/mantisbt commit b262b4d · WEB
mantisbt/mantisbt · PACKAGE
mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

mantisbt/mantisbt

Packagist

< 2.28.2

2.28.2

Description

Impact

MantisBT allows an authenticated user to upload attachments to private Issues they are not authorized to access.

Patches

b262b4d2835b81394d75356dead66e52a6275206

Workarounds

None.

Credits

Thanks to Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issue.

NVD description

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