Black Candy through 3.2.1 Information Disclosure via Playlist Search

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Black Candy through 3.2.1 Information Disclosure via Playlist Search

severity: medium
date: 9/24/2026
Affecting: Black Candy <= 3.2.1
CVE: CVE-2026-97061
CWE: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CVSS: 5.3
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: GitHub Issue #463
https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/controllers/search_controller.rb#L9
https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/controllers/search/playlists_controller.rb#L5
https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy/blob/93cfdca9857a5e2ae847469c3238a6174515c76f/app/models/concerns/searchable_concern.rb#L21
https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy
Credit: Xumoyunbek Obidjonov
Description: Black Candy through 3.2.1 fails to scope playlist search queries to the authenticated session user, allowing any authenticated user to enumerate all playlists on the instance. Attackers can query the SearchController or Search::PlaylistsController endpoints with blank or targeted search parameters to retrieve playlist names belonging to other users without authorization.

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