---
title: "CVE-2026-96454: Pake - Broken Access Control"
description: "Pake applications built on Tauri contain a broken access control vulnerability caused by overly permissive IPC access and unprotected app commands, letting any script on any HTTPS page invoke native commands, exploit requires running script in the application."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-96454/
---

# CVE-2026-96454 Pake - Broken Access Control

Pake applications built on Tauri contain a broken access control vulnerability caused by overly permissive IPC access and unprotected app commands, letting any script on any HTTPS page invoke native commands, exploit requires running script in the application.

CVSS base score 8.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.34% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96454)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Remote Code Execution, File System Write

CVSS vector

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

Published

23 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with restricted IPC access and proper app command permission checks.

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-2026-96454](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96454)
- [https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/tag/V3.17.0](https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/tag/V3.17.0)
- [https://v2.tauri.app/security/capabilities/](https://v2.tauri.app/security/capabilities/)
- [https://github.com/tw93/Pake](https://github.com/tw93/Pake)
- [https://github.com/tw93/Pake/blob/main/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json](https://github.com/tw93/Pake/blob/main/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json)
- [https://github.com/tw93/Pake/blob/main/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json](https://github.com/tw93/Pake/blob/main/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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