Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-73085Audiobookshelf: Refresh Token Accepted on Resource Endpoints

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in audiobookshelf from advplyr. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
advplyr	audiobookshelf	< 2.36.0

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: 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

References

https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/security/advisories/GHSA-798w-wv6c-2c3h x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/5387 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/commit/8ec547e30289ca61ebc52b13d150e3a2a6c6a752 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.36.0 x_refsource_MISC