CVE-2026-28510
Elabftw ≤ 5.4.2
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NSummary
CVE-2026-28510 is a medium-severity Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data (CWE-302) vulnerability in Elabftw Elabftw. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 17th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-2 (Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-27311
Vulnerability Data
eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook. In elabftw versions through 5.4.1, the login flow did not reliably preserve the multi-factor authentication state across authentication steps. Under certain conditions, an attacker with valid primary credentials could complete authentication with…
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an attacker-controlled TOTP secret and bypass the additional factor. This could result in unauthorized account access. This issue is fixed in version 5.4.2.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V7.2.4
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Mandates proper unique identification and authentication of users, precluding reliance on attacker-controlled immutable assumptions.
Requires server-side enforcement of authorizations instead of trusting client-supplied mutable data for authentication decisions.
Mandates proper identification and authentication for non-organizational users, precluding reliance on attacker-controlled immutable assumptions.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Strong authentication mechanisms directly avoid reliance on attacker-controlled immutable data.
Protecting and verifying identity assertions prevents tampering with data assumed immutable during auth.
Least-privilege authorization policies reduce impact of bypassed authentication but do not address the root flaw.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can discover and block authentication bypasses that rely on mutable data.
Access-control policy can mandate validation of all identity data, reducing reliance on assumed-immutable fields.
Identity-management processes can require verification of mutable attributes, mitigating the root cause.
Proper management of authentication information prevents use of client-controlled tokens or cookies as sole proof of identity.
Access-rights reviews can detect and revoke rights granted via tampered immutable data.
Secure SDLC practices include threat modeling and input-validation requirements that catch assumed-immutable data flaws.