What is GHSA-x98j-gh4v-7p7g?

GHSA-x98j-gh4v-7p7g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Ech0 before 4.4.3 fails to enforce scope-based authorization on nine comment panel admin...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-x98j-gh4v-7p7g cover?

GHSA-x98j-gh4v-7p7g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-79672. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-x98j-gh4v-7p7g?

GHSA-x98j-gh4v-7p7g has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-x98j-gh4v-7p7gHighCVSS 5.5

Ech0 before 4.4.3 fails to enforce scope-based authorization on nine comment panel admin...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-79672 →

📋 Description

Ech0 before 4.4.3 fails to enforce scope-based authorization on nine comment panel admin endpoints, allowing access tokens with minimal scopes to perform full comment moderation operations. Attackers with a limited-scope access token can list, approve, reject, delete comments, and modify comment system settings by directly accessing the unprotected panel endpoints.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/lin-snow/Ech0/security/advisories/GHSA-fwg7-53p4-g33c
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79672
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ech0-before-authentication-bypass-via-comment-panel
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x98j-gh4v-7p7g