CVE-2026-108710
Description
NornicDB through 1.4.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users to bypass per-database read restrictions on the /nornicdb/search and /nornicdb/similar endpoints. Viewer-role users allowlisted for a database but denied read can submit search queries or node IDs to retrieve node IDs, labels and full property maps.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB
- https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/blob/67105489e6da00714b998faf9012ffa44f526245/pkg/server/server_graph.go#L418-L423
- https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/blob/67105489e6da00714b998faf9012ffa44f526245/pkg/server/server_nornicdb.go#L415-L419
- https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/blob/67105489e6da00714b998faf9012ffa44f526245/pkg/server/server_nornicdb.go#L811-L815
- https://hackmd.io/@haind/orneryd-nornicdb-vector-endpoints-per-db-read-bypass
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nornicdb-through-1.4.1-missing-authorization-via-vector-search-endpoints
CWEs
CWE-862
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.