Description
potpie through 2.0.0 fails to verify user ownership on the POST /conversations/{conversation_id}/code-changes/sync endpoint. Authenticated attackers can write arbitrary file changes into other users' conversations by supplying their conversation IDs, allowing unauthorized modification of pending changes.
Published: 2026-09-04
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized modification of conversation data
Action: Apply patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is a missing ownership check on the POST /conversations/{conversation_id}/code‑changes/sync endpoint. An authenticated attacker can supply any conversation identifier to inject arbitrary file changes, effectively tampering with pending changes belonging to another user. This flaw represents an authorization failure (CWE‑862) that can lead to unauthorized data modification, possible leakage of confidential code, and disruption of collaborative workflows.

Affected Systems

The affected product is potpie, developed by potpie‑ai, with all releases up to and including version 2.0.0 susceptible to this flaw. No other vendors or product variants are currently known to be affected according to the CNA. The version selector "potpie:potpie" captures the entire product line.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 7.1 denotes a high severity impact for authenticated users. The EPSS score is not provided, and the issue is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Attackors need valid credentials to exploit the API endpoint and can target any conversation ID, making the vulnerability relatively easy to trigger if the system is accessible over the network. Hence, the risk of exploitation is moderate to high for an unpatched system.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 4, 2026 at 16:23 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade potpie to the latest released version that includes an ownership validation check on the sync endpoint.
  • Restrict the POST /conversations/*/code‑changes/sync API to authenticated users only, enforcing role‑based access controls if supported.
  • Deploy monitoring to log and alert on abnormal or repeated sync requests, ensuring rapid investigation of suspicious activity.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 4, 2026 at 16:23 UTC.

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History

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Potpie-ai
Potpie-ai potpie
Vendors & Products Potpie-ai
Potpie-ai potpie

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description potpie through 2.0.0 fails to verify user ownership on the POST /conversations/{conversation_id}/code-changes/sync endpoint. Authenticated attackers can write arbitrary file changes into other users' conversations by supplying their conversation IDs, allowing unauthorized modification of pending changes.
Title potpie through 2.0.0 Missing Ownership Check via code-changes sync
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Potpie-ai Potpie
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-10T15:08:02.363Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T13:32:36.219Z

Link: CVE-2026-85669

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T14:39:14.370Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-04T15:17:44.847

Modified: 2026-09-10T16:18:00.657

Link: CVE-2026-85669

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-07T08:26:25Z

Weaknesses