CVE-2026-82463

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-29. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

pac4j-core before 6.5.6 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in CheckProfileTypeAuthorizer that reverses the profile type validation logic. Attackers can authenticate through a weaker client and access resources requiring a stronger profile type by satisfying generic profile checks.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

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 computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
—
EPSS %ILE
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KEV
Not listed

Published

August 29, 2026

Last Modified

August 29, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 29, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

pac4j-core before 6.5.6 Authorization Bypass via Reversed Profile Type Check | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pac4j-core-before-6.5.6-authorization-bypass-via-reversed-profile-type-check
generic

GitHub - pac4j/pac4j: Security engine for Java (authentication, authorization, multi frameworks): OpenID Connect, SAML2, CAS, OAuth, LDAP, JWT... · GitHub

https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j
generic

pac4j/pac4j-core/src/main/java/org/pac4j/core/authorization/authorizer/CheckProfileTypeAuthorizer.java at pac4j-parent-6.5.5 · pac4j/pac4j · GitHub

https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j/blob/pac4j-parent-6.5.5/pac4j-core/src/main/java/org/pac4j/core/authorization/authorizer/CheckProfileTypeAuthorizer.java
generic

Security advisory for pac4j-core, pac4j-oidc and pac4j-saml | pac4j

https://www.pac4j.org/blog/security-advisory-pac4j-core-oidc-saml.html
github_commit

commit 2270c3ff70e9 (pac4j/pac4j)

Fix landed in pac4j/pac4j commit 2270c3ff70e9 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j/commit/2270c3ff70e93cc43831e75702acd5135531237e

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-82463(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 5× 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.

  1. 2026-08-30 05:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 05:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-29 17:28 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-29 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-29 16:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-82463?
CVE-2026-82463 is a high vulnerability published on August 29, 2026. pac4j-core before 6.5.6 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in CheckProfileTypeAuthorizer that reverses the profile type validation logic. Attackers can authenticate through a weaker client and access resources requiring a stronger profile type by satisfying generic profile checks.
When was CVE-2026-82463 disclosed?
CVE-2026-82463 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-82463?
CVE-2026-82463 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-82463?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-82463, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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