CVE-2026-63115
Received Received - Intake

ActivityPub Server Undo Handler Account Impersonation

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-63115, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-30

Last updated on: 2026-10-30

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description

ActivityPub is a multi-tenant ActivityPub server for Ghost, built with Fedify. From 1.0.0 until 1.2.6, the `Undo` handler allows a remote federated server to cause the service to act on a `follow` or `repost` as though the activity came from a different account. This permits removal of an existing `follow` relationship or `repost` belonging to another account without that account's involvement. No private data is exposed and content is not modified; the affected relationships can be re-established. Services proxying to Ghost's hosted ActivityPub server have already been updated, while self-hosted services require an updated image and redeployment. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.6.

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Published
2026-10-30
Last Modified
2026-10-30
Generated
2026-10-31
AI Q&A
2026-10-31
EPSS Evaluated
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Vendor Product Version / Range
TryGhost ActivityPub >= 1.0.0, < 1.2.6

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Exploitability

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CWE ID Description
CWE-345 The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.
CWE-863 The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
CWE-290 This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in ActivityPub for Ghost allows a remote federated server to manipulate the Undo handler to remove follow relationships or reposts from other accounts without their consent. It affects versions 1.0.0 to 1.2.5 and is fixed in 1.2.6.

Impact Analysis

An attacker could disrupt your account's connections or content visibility by forcing removal of follows or reposts. This could affect your network presence but does not expose private data or modify content permanently.

Mitigation Strategies

Update ActivityPub to version 1.2.6 or later. For self-hosted services, redeploy with the updated image. Services proxying to Ghost's hosted ActivityPub server have already been updated.

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