CVE-2026-109359

Contrast 1.8.0 before 1.24.1 contains an improper verification vulnerability in Coordinator peer recovery that fails to confirm the serving peer uses the same manifest generation. Attackers with write access to manifest history can replay a superseded history head so withdrawn workloads obtain trusted mesh certificates, or with the secret seed disclose the Mesh CA key.

CVSS v3 7.7 HIGH

7.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-rxcv-p3px-m3c3
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contrast-1.8.0-before-1.24.1-mesh-ca-key-cross-manifest-exposure-via-peer-recovery

Configurations

No configuration.

History

12 Oct 2026, 17:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-12 17:17

Updated : 2026-10-16 18:25

NVD link : CVE-2026-109359

Mitre link : CVE-2026-109359

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-109359

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-345

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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