CVE-2026-88061
career-ops: Local dashboard API accepted cross-origin and non-loopback requests, allowing unauthenticated command execution
Description
career-ops is an open-source AI-assisted job search and application management tool. Prior to 0.8.0, the career-ops local web dashboard web/ exposed command-spawning and user-file-writing /api routes without validating request origin or restricting clients to loopback addresses. A malicious page in another browser tab could send cross-origin localhost requests while the dashboard was running, and a dashboard bound beyond loopback could receive direct requests from the local network. Both paths allowed unauthenticated command execution as the dashboard user, but npm installations were unaffected because web/ is excluded from the published package. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.0.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 10, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 10, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update career-ops to version 0.8.0 or later.
- Ensure dashboard is bound only to loopback addresses.
- Validate request origin for all API routes.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Sep. 10, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description career-ops is an open-source AI-assisted job search and application management tool. Prior to 0.8.0, the career-ops local web dashboard web/ exposed command-spawning and user-file-writing /api routes without validating request origin or restricting clients to loopback addresses. A malicious page in another browser tab could send cross-origin localhost requests while the dashboard was running, and a dashboard bound beyond loopback could receive direct requests from the local network. Both paths allowed unauthenticated command execution as the dashboard user, but npm installations were unaffected because web/ is excluded from the published package. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.0. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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 Added CWE CWE-352 Added CWE CWE-1385 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/88xxx/CVE-2026-88061.json">CVE-2026-88061</a> Added Reference https://github.com/career-ops-hq/career-ops/commit/b3974e6104d83c2714fd0d071898a7c7b9f68726 Added Reference https://github.com/career-ops-hq/career-ops/releases/tag/web-v0.8.0 Added Reference https://github.com/career-ops-hq/career-ops/security/advisories/GHSA-wpqw-whgf-gr4g