Vulnerability · Published Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-97061Black Candy through 3.2.1 Information Disclosure via Playlist Search

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Black Candy from blackcandy-org. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Black Candy through 3.2.1 fails to scope playlist search queries to the authenticated session user, allowing any authenticated user to enumerate all playlists on the instance. Attackers can query the SearchController or Search::PlaylistsController endpoints with blank or targeted search parameters to retrieve playlist names belonging to other users without authorization.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
blackcandy-org	Black Candy	0 – through 3.2.1

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

GitHub Issue #463 issue-tracking
https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/controllers/search_controller.rb#L9 technical-description
https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/controllers/search/playlists_controller.rb#L5 technical-description
https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/models/concerns/searchable_concern.rb#L21 technical-description
https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy product
VulnCheck Advisory: Black Candy through 3.2.1 Information Disclosure via Playlist Search third-party-advisory