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CVE-2026-41679

Improper Authentication: Is CVE-2026-41679 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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signals

public sources

Exploited in wild
Yes
VulnCheck KEV · Aug 17, 2026
Public exploit
Metasploit +1
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
10 Critical
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
32%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
CWE

Reported exploited in the wild (VulnCheck KEV), though not in CISA KEV yet. Treat it as urgent and check your exposure.

cisa ssvc

CISA Vulnrichment · assessed

Exploitation
Public PoC
in the wild
Automatable
Yes
at scale
Technical impact
Total
on success

CISA decision, by how critical the affected system is to you:

  • low impact → Track
  • medium impact → Track*
  • high impact → Attend

Track: normal patch cycle · Track*: watch closely · Attend: patch sooner · Act: patch now. About SSVC ↗

public exploits

links to sources — we don’t host code
MetasploitGitHub PoCunverified

A working exploit is publicly available from a maintained source. Treat this as higher urgency and verify your exposure.

affected packages

GHSA-68qg-g8mg-6pr7 · GitHub rates it critical
  • npmpaperclipai
    Vulnerable
    < 2026.410.0
    Fixed in
    2026.410.0
  • npm@paperclipai/server
    Vulnerable
    < 2026.410.0
    Fixed in
    2026.410.0

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), via OSV.dev. Check your lockfile version against the ranges above.

baseline read

auto · not a community verdict

Low signal — verdict needed

Few public signals point to active risk. Whether a scanner hit here is a true or false positive depends on your version and config — community verdicts decide.

Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS

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Affected:Paperclip

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Paperclip is a Node.js server and React UI that orchestrates a team of AI agents to run a business. Prior to version 2026.416.0, an unauthenticated attacker can achieve full remote code execution on any network-accessible Paperclip instance running in `authenticated` mode with default configuration. No user interaction, no credentials, just the target's address. The chain consists of six API calls. The attack is fully automated, requires no user interaction, and works against the default deployment configuration. Version 2026.416.0 patches the issue.

References

NVD MITRE CVE.org VulnCheck KEV

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timeline

  1. Public exploit recorded · 2 sources
  2. Added to VulnCheck KEV · reported exploited in the wild
  3. CISA SSVC assessment · exploitation: poc
  4. Published by NVD

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    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation or public exploit was found for this yet. FIRST EPSS estimates about a 32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, which is high relative to most CVEs. It is reachable over the network with no authentication and no user interaction, which is the most dangerous profile.

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Related CVEs

Same weakness: CWE-287 · Improper Authentication.