Description
The mod_auth module in OTP's inets httpd server, when configured with dets or mnesia authentication backends and multiple directory configuration blocks, collapses all directory blocks into a single shared user/group namespace. A user added to one protected directory is accepted as valid for all other protected directories on the same server instance.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 27.3.4.17, from OTP 28.0 before OTP 28.5.0.6, and from OTP 29.0 before OTP 29.0.6, corresponding to inets from 5.10 before 9.3.2.7, from 9.4 before 9.6.2.3, and from 9.7 before 9.7.2. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to inets before 5.10, is affected is unknown.
Published: 2026-09-01
Score: 6 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Erlang erlang/otp
Erlang otp
Vendors & Products Erlang erlang/otp
Erlang otp
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The mod_auth module in OTP's inets httpd server, when configured with dets or mnesia authentication backends and multiple directory configuration blocks, collapses all directory blocks into a single shared user/group namespace. A user added to one protected directory is accepted as valid for all other protected directories on the same server instance. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 27.3.4.17, from OTP 28.0 before OTP 28.5.0.6, and from OTP 29.0 before OTP 29.0.6, corresponding to inets from 5.10 before 9.3.2.7, from 9.4 before 9.6.2.3, and from 9.7 before 9.7.2. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to inets before 5.10, is affected is unknown.
Title inets, httpd: Authentication Bypass via Directory Namespace Collapse in httpd mod_auth
First Time appeared Erlang
Erlang erlang\/otp
Weaknesses CWE-1289
CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Erlang
Erlang erlang\/otp
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Erlang Erlang/otp Erlang\/otp Otp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: EEF

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T15:57:51.022Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T13:00:01.418Z

Link: CVE-2026-74994

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-01T15:57:48.584Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-01T15:17:25.927

Modified: 2026-09-01T21:15:00.147

Link: CVE-2026-74994

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-01T18:15:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-1289

    Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input

  • CWE-863

    Incorrect Authorization