lakeFS through 1.83.0, fixed in commit 71a45ee, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /setup_comm_prefs endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to overwrite operator metadata including email, name, and company after setup completion. Attackers can POST to this endpoint to modify security update preferences, disable security communications, and trigger falsified telemetry events using the legitimate installation ID.
CVE-2026-66006
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(high)
- EG Risk
- 55(Attend)EG Risk 55/100SSVC: Attend
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 23%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 24, 2026
Last Modified
July 28, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jul 25, 2026lakeFS Unauthenticated Operator Metadata Overwrite via setup_comm_prefs | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lakefs-unauthenticated-operator-metadata-overwrite-via-setup-comm-prefscommit 71a45eeb1639 (treeverse/lakeFS)
Fix landed in treeverse/lakeFS commit 71a45eeb1639 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/treeverse/lakeFS/commit/71a45eeb1639d146d34b8effd7e86d077160ed7cReject unauthenticated overwrites of setup comm prefs
Fix merged in treeverse/lakeFS PR #10499 on 2026-07-23 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/treeverse/lakeFS/pull/10499[Security] /setup_comm_prefs accepts unauthenticated POSTs after setup - treeverse/lakeFS · Issue #10465 · treeverse/lakeFS · GitHub
https://github.com/treeverse/lakeFS/issues/10465Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-66006(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 19× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-29 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-28 16:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 16:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-28 01:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 23:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 23:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 01:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 03:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-26 03:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 15:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-24 15:13 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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