---
title: "CVE-2026-107270: Gophish - Broken Access Control"
description: "Gophish <= 0.12.1 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability caused by insufficient authorization checks in API endpoints, letting authenticated users take over other users' groups, templates, landing pages, and sending profiles by supplying another user's sequential ID."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-107270/
---

# CVE-2026-107270 Gophish - Broken Access Control

Gophish <= 0.12.1 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability caused by insufficient authorization checks in API endpoints, letting authenticated users take over other users' groups, templates, landing pages, and sending profiles by supplying another user's sequential ID.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.20% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107270)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Published

7 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-639](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Gophish.

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-2026-107270](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107270)
- [https://blog.ostorlab.co/gophish-0121-manual-review-agentic-deep-scan.html](https://blog.ostorlab.co/gophish-0121-manual-review-agentic-deep-scan.html)
- [https://github.com/gophish/gophish](https://github.com/gophish/gophish)
- [https://github.com/gophish/gophish/blob/b1648f0759c6d57ac989157c55d8b47c40254fe6/controllers/api/group.go#L28-L43](https://github.com/gophish/gophish/blob/b1648f0759c6d57ac989157c55d8b47c40254fe6/controllers/api/group.go#L28-L43)
- [https://github.com/gophish/gophish/blob/b1648f0759c6d57ac989157c55d8b47c40254fe6/models/group.go#L194-L200](https://github.com/gophish/gophish/blob/b1648f0759c6d57ac989157c55d8b47c40254fe6/models/group.go#L194-L200)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gophish-through-0.12.1-object-takeover-via-client-supplied-id-on-api-create-endpoints](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gophish-through-0.12.1-object-takeover-via-client-supplied-id-on-api-create-endpoints)

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