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title: "CVE-2026-101287: Stela - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Stela < 1.60.1 contains an authentication bypass caused by unvalidated manipulation of the \"authProcess\" cookie storing userId and validSteps, letting remote attackers impersonate any account including SUPER_ADMIN, exploit requires no valid credentials or user interaction."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-101287/
---

# CVE-2026-101287 Stela - Authentication Bypass

Stela < 1.60.1 contains an authentication bypass caused by unvalidated manipulation of the "authProcess" cookie storing userId and validSteps, letting remote attackers impersonate any account including SUPER\_ADMIN, exploit requires no valid credentials or user interaction.

CVSS base score 9.3 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101287)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

15 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-565](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/565.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 1.60.1 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101287](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101287)
- [https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/authentication-bypass-stela-diaple-networking](https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/authentication-bypass-stela-diaple-networking)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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