CVE-2026-1169
Published: 19 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-1169 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Birkir Prime. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 11.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CSRF enables remote exploitation of a public-facing web application via forged requests requiring user interaction.
NVD Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in birkir prime up to 0.4.0.beta.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.…
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The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-1169, published on 2026-01-19, is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in birkir prime versions up to 0.4.0.beta.0. The issue affects unknown code within the software and is associated with CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), indicating medium severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or availability impact, and low integrity impact.
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely without authentication by tricking users into performing unintended actions on a trusted site, typically via a malicious webpage or link that submits forged requests. Exploitation requires user interaction, such as clicking a link or visiting a site while authenticated to the affected birkir prime instance, potentially leading to unauthorized state changes due to the low integrity impact.
References indicate the vulnerability was reported early to the project via GitHub issue #547 at https://github.com/birkir/prime/issues/547, but the maintainers have not responded. No patches or specific mitigations are detailed in the advisories from VulDB (https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.341763, https://vuldb.com/?id.341763, https://vuldb.com/?submit.731287). The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used; practitioners should monitor the repository at https://github.com/birkir/prime/ for updates and consider CSRF protections like tokens in the interim.
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