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CVE-2026-103244 – Authentication Bypass / RCE via Arbitrary SQL – ground-station before 0.8.0

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Summary

CVE-2026-103244 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in ground-station (sgoudelis), a Socket.IO-based application, affecting all versions prior to 0.8.0. An unauthenticated attacker can invoke the setup.restore command to execute arbitrary SQL during first-run setup mode, plant a rogue administrator account, and achieve full application takeover. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical).

Technical details

  • Root cause: The setup.restore Socket.IO command is allowlisted for use while the application is in first-run setup mode, but the command dispatcher performs no authentication check when setup_required is true.
  • Trigger conditions: The restore handler reads an attacker-supplied sql field from the request payload and passes it directly to the database restore routine, with table-dropping behavior defaulting to enabled — allowing arbitrary SQL execution against the application database.
  • Attack vector: Network-based (Socket.IO), requiring no authentication, privileges, or user interaction. An attacker can craft database rows containing a pre-computed token hash that satisfies the application’s session validation logic, enabling authentication as an administrator with no valid credentials.
  • Impact: Complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability — full administrative takeover of the application, including creation of forged admin accounts and session tokens.

Affected software

  • ground-station (sgoudelis) — all versions prior to 0.8.0

Severity

  • CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 9.8 (Critical)
  • Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Mitigation and recommended actions

  • Immediate: Upgrade ground-station to version 0.8.0 or later, which removes the unauthenticated setup.restore command path and restricts database restoration to an authenticated administrator endpoint.
  • If no patch can be applied immediately: Ensure first-run setup is never performed on a network-exposed instance — complete initial setup only on a trusted, isolated network segment, restrict access to the application’s Socket.IO endpoint using network-level controls (firewall/allowlisting), and audit existing deployments for unexpected administrator accounts or session tokens created outside of normal provisioning.

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