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title: "Wheels - Broken Access Control"
description: "Wheels 4.0.0 through 4.1.2 contains an information disclosure and data tampering vulnerability caused by exposed password-less development tools under /wheels/* with enablePublicComponent=true, letting remote attackers access sensitive application settings and run tests that can modify the primary datasource, exploit requires enablePublicComponent to be enabled."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-111446/
---

# CVE-2026-111446 Wheels - Broken Access Control

Wheels 4.0.0 through 4.1.2 contains an information disclosure and data tampering vulnerability caused by exposed password-less development tools under /wheels/\* with enablePublicComponent=true, letting remote attackers access sensitive application settings and run tests that can modify the primary datasource, exploit requires enablePublicComponent to be enabled.

CVSS base score 8.6 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111446)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

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

Published

16 October 2026

Updated

16 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 4.2.0 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-2026-111446](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111446)
- [https://github.com/wheels-dev/wheels/security/advisories/GHSA-6v6c-p375-vxw9](https://github.com/wheels-dev/wheels/security/advisories/GHSA-6v6c-p375-vxw9)

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