CVE-2026-2974AliasVault App Backup aliasvault.xml backup
- 2.0LowCVSS base score
- 0.11%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 99% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability was identified in AliasVault App up to 0.25.3 on Android/iOS. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file shared_prefs/aliasvault.xml of the component Backup Handler. The manipulation of the argument accessToken/refreshToken/metadata/key_derivation_params/auth_methods leads to exposure of backup file to an unauthorized control sphere. An attack has to be approached locally. The attack is considered to have high complexity. It is stated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 0.26.0 is able to resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is 873ecc03f92238e162f98a068ad56069a922b4f6/0bd662320174d8265dfe3b05a04bc13efc960532. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The creator of the software explains: "Because of AliasVault's zero-knowledge encryption design, the tokens stored in aliasvault.xml are API session tokens that cannot decrypt the vault on their own: the master password is required for that. So while this isn't a direct vault compromise risk, there's no reason to include them in backups either."
Public exploit
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Timeline
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Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Low2.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low2.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Low1.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Low1.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.11% · top 99% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.0.
Affected products
AliasVault App
- affected 0.25.0
- affected 0.25.1
- affected 0.25.2
- affected 0.25.3
- unaffected 0.26.0
References
References9
- VDB-347340 | AliasVault App Backup aliasvault.xml backup (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-347340 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #756058 | AliasVault v0.25.3 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #756059 | AliasVault v0.25.3 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information (Duplicate) (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault/issues/1497 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault/pull/1499 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault/issues/1497#issue-3855176470 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
- https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault/commit/873ecc03f92238e162f98a068ad56069a922b4f6 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault/releases/tag/0.26.0 (opens in a new tab)patch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-7606 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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