CVE-2026-38978
Transmission WebUI Clickjacking
Description
transmission through 4.1.1 was found to have a clickjacking weakness in the browser-facing WebUI and RPC response paths.
INFO
Published Date :
June 2, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 2, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-38978
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
Solution
- Update Transmission to a patched version.
- Ensure clickjacking protection is enabled.
- Validate WebUI and RPC response headers.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description transmission through 4.1.1 was found to have a clickjacking weakness in the browser-facing WebUI and RPC response paths. Added Reference https://github.com/transmission/transmission/commit/6b24c1c214ec6a44fa5fdff0ce7da6b16d8ecaa8 Added Reference https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/8726 Added Reference https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/8747