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Vulnerability details: VCID-vr5r-g296-bbd1
Vulnerability ID VCID-vr5r-g296-bbd1
Aliases CVE-2023-40027
GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
Summary Keystone is an open source headless CMS for Node.js — built with GraphQL and React. When `ui.isAccessAllowed` is set as `undefined`, the `adminMeta` GraphQL query is publicly accessible (no session required). This is different to the behaviour of the default AdminUI middleware, which by default will only be publicly accessible (no session required) if a `session` strategy is not defined. This vulnerability does not affect developers using the `@keystone-6/auth` package, or any users that have written their own `ui.isAccessAllowed` (that is to say, `isAccessAllowed` is not `undefined`). This vulnerability does affect users who believed that their `session` strategy will, by default, enforce that `adminMeta` is inaccessible by the public in accordance with that strategy; akin to the behaviour of the AdminUI middleware. This vulnerability has been patched in `@keystone-6/core` version `5.5.1`. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may opt to write their own `isAccessAllowed` functionality to work-around this vulnerability.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
System Score Found at
epss 0.00342 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40027
epss 0.00342 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40027
epss 0.00342 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40027
epss 0.00342 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40027
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/commit/650e27e6e9b42abfb94c340c8470faf61f0ff284
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/commit/650e27e6e9b42abfb94c340c8470faf61f0ff284
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/commit/650e27e6e9b42abfb94c340c8470faf61f0ff284
ssvc Track https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/commit/650e27e6e9b42abfb94c340c8470faf61f0ff284
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8771
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8771
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8771
ssvc Track https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8771
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/releases/tag/2023-08-15
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/releases/tag/2023-08-15
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/security/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/security/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/security/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/security/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
ssvc Track https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/security/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40027
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40027
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/commit/650e27e6e9b42abfb94c340c8470faf61f0ff284
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/commit/650e27e6e9b42abfb94c340c8470faf61f0ff284
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-02T17:45:13Z/ Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/commit/650e27e6e9b42abfb94c340c8470faf61f0ff284
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8771
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8771
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-02T17:45:13Z/ Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8771
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/releases/tag/2023-08-15
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/security/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/security/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-02T17:45:13Z/ Found at https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/security/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40027
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.57236
EPSS Score 0.00342
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:29:41.810160+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40027.json 38.6.0