{"id":"CVE-2026-120489","title":"Outline before 1.12.0 Incorrect Authorization via authorizeDocumentPublish() Detached Draft","summary":"Outline before 1.12.0 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in authorizeDocumentPublish() that allows authenticated members to publish documents into private collections without write access. Attackers can detach a child docu…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"Outline","product":"Outline","affected":["Outline < 1.12.0"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-02T17:04:52.281986Z"},"published":"2026-11-02","updated":"2026-11-02","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-02T17:30:46.661Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120489","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/outline/outline/security/advisories/GHSA-h6ff-rw9x-5mq2","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-h6ff-rw9x-5mq2)"},{"url":"https://github.com/outline/outline/commit/d249b34e8e5fd465d542cad87190d411fdcbd5dc"},{"url":"https://github.com/outline/outline/releases/tag/v1.12.0","label":"Outline v1.12.0 Release Notes"},{"url":"https://github.com/outline/outline/blob/v1.11.0/server/commands/documentCreator.ts#L135-L143"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/outline-before-1.12.0-incorrect-authorization-via-authorizedocumentpublish-detached-draft","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: Outline before 1.12.0 Incorrect Authorization via authorizeDocumentPublish() Detached Draft"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00245,"epssPercentile":0.15859,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T19:30:42.728Z","slug":"CVE-2026-120489","body":"## Overview\n\nOutline before 1.12.0 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in authorizeDocumentPublish() that allows authenticated members to publish documents into private collections without write access. Attackers can detach a child document via documents.unpublish, retaining parentDocumentId, then call documents.update with a private collection UUID to inject phishing content.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Outline < 1.12.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":24,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}