Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-41949

HighPublic PoC

Published: 18 May 2026

Published
18 May 2026
Modified
26 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0043 34.9th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-41949 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Dify Dify. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 34.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as LLM Application Platforms; in the Privacy and Disclosure risk domain.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Dify before version 1.14.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the file preview endpoint that allows any authenticated user to read up to 3,000 characters of any uploaded document across all tenants and workspaces using only the file's UUID. Attackers…

more

can access the /console/api/files/{file_id}/preview endpoint with an intercepted file UUID to extract sensitive content from documents without ownership or workspace permission verification. NOTE: Dify Cloud allows unauthenticated free self-registration, making account creation trivially accessible to any attacker.

CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
LLM Application Platforms
Risk Domain
Privacy and Disclosure
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: dify

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

Authorization bypass on public-facing file preview API endpoint (CWE-639) directly enables exploitation of the web application to access unauthorized data.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-41947Same product: Dify Dify
CVE-2026-41948Same product: Dify Dify
CVE-2024-11822Same product: Dify Dify
CVE-2025-0185Same product: Dify Dify
CVE-2026-4503Shared CWE-639
CVE-2026-45398Shared CWE-639
CVE-2026-41471Shared CWE-639
CVE-2025-69207Shared CWE-639
CVE-2026-31874Shared CWE-639
CVE-2023-36331Shared CWE-639

Affected Assets

dify
dify
≤ 1.14.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

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.

addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References