Medium severity · published Apr 3, 2026
CVE-2026-25742
Zulip: Anonymous File Access After Disabling Spectator Access
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. Prior to version 11.6, Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. From version 1.4.0 to before version 11.6, even after spectator access (enable_spectator_access / WEB_PUBLIC_STREAMS_ENABLED) is disabled, attachments originating from web-public streams can still be retrieved anonymously. As a result, file contents remain accessible even after public access is intended to be disabled. Similarly, even after spectator access is disabled, the /users/me/<stream_id>/topics endpoint remains reachable anonymously, allowing retrieval of topic history for web-public streams. This issue has been patched in version 11.6. This issue has been patched in version 11.6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZU
zulip · zulip
< 11.6 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25742
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25742
Patch
https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/3c045414299680b9f5dca7d76cf6cef6121c0236
Patch
https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/41e23347b5218b3b0397a55176c7d97396735bae
Release Notes
https://github.com/zulip/zulip/releases/tag/11.6
Exploit
https://github.com/zulip/zulip/security/advisories/GHSA-f47p-xjqq-g28w
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