CVE-2026-73085
Audiobookshelf: Refresh Token Accepted on Resource Endpoints
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 10, 2026
Description
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.36.0, the jwtAuthCheck function in server/auth/TokenManager.js treats JWTs with the refresh token type as bearer access tokens on API and WebSocket resource endpoints such as /api/me instead of restricting them to /auth/refresh, allowing refresh tokens to authenticate as the associated users. This issue is fixed in version 2.36.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
audiobookshelfadvplyr |
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References
- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/security/advisories/GHSA-798w-wv6c-2c3h
- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/5387
- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/commit/8ec547e30289ca61ebc52b13d150e3a2a6c6a752
- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460
- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.36.0
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