HotCRP is conference review software. Starting in commit aa20ef288828b04550950cf67c831af8a525f508 and prior to commit ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0, authors with at least one submission on a HotCRP site could use the document API to download any documents (PDFs, attachments) associated with any submission. The problem was patched in commit ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0.
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Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description HotCRP is conference review software. Starting in commit aa20ef288828b04550950cf67c831af8a525f508 and prior to commit ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0, authors with at least one submission on a HotCRP site could use the document API to download any documents (PDFs, attachments) associated with any submission. The problem was patched in commit ceacd5f1476458792c44c6a993670f02c984b4a0.
Title HotCRP vulnerable to exposure of submitted documents
Weaknesses CWE-201
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-19T18:08:41.100Z

Reserved: 2026-01-16T21:02:02.900Z

Link: CVE-2026-23878

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-19T19:16:04.963

Modified: 2026-01-19T19:16:04.963

Link: CVE-2026-23878

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