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CVE-2026-38978 (GCVE-0-2026-38978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-02 00:00 – Updated: 2026-06-05 16:49
VLAI
Summary
transmission through 4.1.1 was found to have a clickjacking weakness in the browser-facing WebUI and RPC response paths.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-04 15:54 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')
Assigner
References
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