CVE-2026-56240
Capgo - Billing Authorization Bypass via Exhausted Usage Credits
Capgo before 12.128.12 contains a billing authorization bypass vulnerability in the plan_valid calculation that allows organizations with exhausted or expired usage credit grants to bypass billing gates. Attackers can exploit the divergence between the plugin hot-path plan_valid expression and the authoritative billing gate to gain continued access to /updates, /stats, /channel_self, and attachment upload endpoints after credit depletion.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.3
Capgo - Billing Authorization Bypass via Exhausted Usage Credits
Capgo before 12.128.12 contains a billing authorization bypass vulnerability in the plan_valid calculation that allows organizations with exhausted or expired usage credit grants to bypass billing gates. Attackers can exploit the divergence between the plugin hot-path plan_valid expression and the authoritative billing gate to gain continued access to /updates, /stats, /channel_self, and attachment upload endpoints after credit depletion.
- Record
CVE-2026-56240- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-43169
5.3
Capgo before 12.128.12 contains a billing authorization bypass vulnerability in the plan_valid calculation that allows organizations with exhausted or expired usage credit grants to bypass billing gates. Attackers can exploit the divergence between the plugin hot-path plan_valid expression and the authoritative billing gate to gain continued access to /updates, /stats, /channel_self, and attachment upload endpoints after credit depletion.
- Record
EUVD-2026-43169- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x26j-344h-cfr3
5.3
Capgo before 12.128.12 contains a billing authorization bypass vulnerability in the plan_valid...
Capgo before 12.128.12 contains a billing authorization bypass vulnerability in the plan_valid calculation that allows organizations with exhausted or expired usage credit grants to bypass billing gates. Attackers can exploit the divergence between the plugin hot-path plan_valid expression and the authoritative billing gate to gain continued access to /updates, /stats, /channel_self, and attachment upload endpoints after credit depletion.
- Record
GHSA-x26j-344h-cfr3- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/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 - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.3
Capgo before 12.128.12 contains a billing authorization bypass vulnerability in the plan_valid calculation that allows organizations with exhausted or expired usage credit grants to bypass billing gates. Attackers can exploit the divergence between the plugin hot-path plan_valid expression and the authoritative billing gate to gain continued access to /updates, /stats, /channel_self, and attachment upload endpoints after credit depletion.
- Record
CVE-2026-56240- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/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 - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.3
Capgo - Billing Authorization Bypass via Exhausted Usage Credits
Capgo before 12.128.12 contains a billing authorization bypass vulnerability in the plan_valid calculation that allows organizations with exhausted or expired usage credit grants to bypass billing gates. Attackers can exploit the divergence between the plugin hot-path plan_valid expression and the authoritative billing gate to gain continued access to /updates, /stats, /channel_self, and attachment upload endpoints after credit depletion.
- Record
CVE-2026-56240- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-56240 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cap-go Capgo, published July 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/Cap-go/capgo/security/advisories/GHSA-g9fc-82c2-p2r6
vulncheck.com/advisories/capgo-billing-authorization-bypass-via-exhausted-usage-credits
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56240
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x26j-344h-cfr3
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/56xxx/CVE-2026-56240.json