paperclip Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Import Authorization Bypass - paperclipai

Description

An unauthenticated attacker can achieve full remote code execution on any network-accessible Paperclip instance running in authenticated mode with default configuration. No user interaction, no credentials, just the target’s address. The entire chain is six API calls.

I verified every step against the latest version.

Recommendation

Update the paperclipai package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 2026.410.0
• Patched version(s): 2026.410.0

References

• GHSA-68qg-g8mg-6pr7
• CVE-2026-41679
• CWE-1188
• CWE-287
• CWE-862
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A1
• OWASP 2021-A6
• OWASP 2021-A7

Related Issues

• paperclip Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Import Authorization Bypass - CVE-2026-41679
• FUXA Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Script Test Mode Authorization Bypass - CVE-2026-43947
• Budibase: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Webhook Trigger and Bash Automation Step - CVE-2026-35216
• FUXA Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Hardcoded JWT Secret in Default Configuration - CVE-2026-25894

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