CVE-2026-93736
Mealie before 3.21.0 Information Disclosure via Ratings Endpoint
Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers to read any user's recipe ratings and favorites by specifying arbitrary user IDs in the URL path. Attackers can access private recipe identifiers, rating values, and favorite flags belonging to other users across different groups or households.
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
Mealie before 3.21.0 Information Disclosure via Ratings Endpoint
Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers to read any user's recipe ratings and favorites by specifying arbitrary user IDs in the URL path. Attackers can access private recipe identifiers, rating values, and favorite flags belonging to other users across different groups or households.
- Record
CVE-2026-93736- 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-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-83026 5.3
Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers to read any user's recipe ratings and favorites by specifying arbitrary user IDs in the URL path. Attackers can access private recipe identifiers, rating values, and favorite flags belonging to other users across different groups or households.
- Record
EUVD-2026-83026- 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-8wpj-9x79-phww 5.3
Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints,...
Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers to read any user's recipe ratings and favorites by specifying arbitrary user IDs in the URL path. Attackers can access private recipe identifiers, rating values, and favorite flags belonging to other users across different groups or households.
- Record
GHSA-8wpj-9x79-phww- 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-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 5.3
Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers to read any user's recipe ratings and favorites by specifying arbitrary user IDs in the URL path. Attackers can access private recipe identifiers, rating values, and favorite flags belonging to other users across different groups or households.
- Record
CVE-2026-93736- 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-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV 5.3
Mealie before 3.21.0 Information Disclosure via Ratings Endpoint
Mealie before 3.21.0 fails to validate user ownership in the ratings and favorites endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers to read any user's recipe ratings and favorites by specifying arbitrary user IDs in the URL path. Attackers can access private recipe identifiers, rating values, and favorite flags belonging to other users across different groups or households.
- Record
CVE-2026-93736- 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-639
- 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-2026-93736 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Mealie-recipes Mealie, published September 18, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/issues/7909
github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie
github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/blob/v3.20.1/mealie/routes/users/ratings.py
github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/blob/v3.20.1/mealie/repos/repository_users.py
github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/pull/7903
github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/commit/6889101a760a457019276c10514e630660b3ed28