Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-82276StarRocks Frontend REST Handlers Bypass the Base Class Authentication Gate
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authentication in starrocks from StarRocks. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
StarRocks through 4.0.13 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in five REST handler classes that override execute() directly instead of implementing executeWithoutPassword(). Attackers can access six unauthenticated endpoints on the frontend HTTP port to disclose cluster topology, database metadata, JVM statistics, and version information without credentials.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- GitHub Issue #75747 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/StarRocks/starrocks product
- Authentication gate: RestBaseAction.java technical-description
- Vulnerable code: ShowMetaInfoAction.java technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: StarRocks Frontend REST Handlers Bypass the Base Class Authentication Gate third-party-advisory