CVE-2026-19906

A weakness has been identified in pkp pkp-lib 3.3.0/3.4.0/3.5.0. This vulnerability affects the function setData of the file classes/user/form/APIProfileForm.php of the component API Key Generation. Executing a manipulation of the argument apiKey can lead to insufficient entropy. The attack may be performed from remote. This attack is characterized by high complexity. It is stated that the exploitability is difficult. This patch is called 529b5df878e571ccc727647f7748eafc1466b041. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

CVSS v3 3.7 LOW
CVSS v2.0 2.6 LOW

3.7^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

2.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/529b5df878e571ccc727647f7748eafc1466b041
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/12951
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-19906
https://vuldb.com/submit/870828
https://vuldb.com/vuln/390119
https://vuldb.com/vuln/390119/cti

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-15 19:16

Updated : 2026-08-20 12:48

NVD link : CVE-2026-19906

Mitre link : CVE-2026-19906

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-19906

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-330

Use of Insufficiently Random Values

CWE-331

Insufficient Entropy

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