High severity · published Sep 4, 2026
CVE-2026-52767
YesWiki: Unauthenticated ActivityPub Signature-Verification Bypass via `!openssl_verify(...)` accepting `int(-1)`
8.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. From version 4.6.2 to before version 4.6.6, HttpSignatureService::verifySignature() checks the result of PHP's openssl_verify() with a loose boolean negation - if (!openssl_verify(...)) { throw ... }. PHP's openssl_verify has four possible return values: 1, 0, -1, and "false". The -1 row is the bypass: PHP's truthiness rules make -1 a truthy value, so !(-1) === false, the throw is skipped, and the controller proceeds to processActivity(). Any condition that makes OpenSSL's EVP_VerifyFinal() return -1 triggers the bypass. The reachable consequence is the controller silently treats a failed verification as success and processes the attacker's payload. This issue has been patched in version 4.6.6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
YE
yeswiki · YesWiki
>= 4.6.2, < 4.6.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52767
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52767
github.com
https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/commit/d1795e0301e1a1078f17b4b98f56fff70de2029e
github.com
https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/releases/tag/v4.6.6
github.com
https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/security/advisories/GHSA-mv28-wj57-f57g
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