CVE-2026-5300
Missing Authentication for Critical Function in coolercontrold
Unauthenticated functionality in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to view and modify potentially sensitive data via HTTP requests
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.9
Missing Authentication for Critical Function in coolercontrold
Unauthenticated functionality in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to view and modify potentially sensitive data via HTTP requests
- Record
CVE-2026-5300- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-20457
5.9
Unauthenticated functionality in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to view and modify potentially sensitive data via HTTP requests
- Record
EUVD-2026-20457- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8gfg-vxcc-9fj7
5.9
Unauthenticated functionality in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows unauthenticated...
Unauthenticated functionality in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to view and modify potentially sensitive data via HTTP requests
- Record
GHSA-8gfg-vxcc-9fj7- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.9
Unauthenticated functionality in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to view and modify potentially sensitive data via HTTP requests
- Record
CVE-2026-5300- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.9
Missing Authentication for Critical Function in coolercontrold
Unauthenticated functionality in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to view and modify potentially sensitive data via HTTP requests
- Record
CVE-2026-5300- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-5300 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Coolercontrol Coolercontrold, published April 8, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/blob/3.1.1/coolercontrold/src/api/router.rs?ref_type=tags
gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/releases/4.0.0
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5300
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8gfg-vxcc-9fj7
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5300.json