ntopng before 6.7.260717 Missing Authorization on the Host Pool Bulk Delete Handler

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ntopng before 6.7.260717 Missing Authorization on the Host Pool Bulk Delete Handler

severity: high
date: 9/4/2026
Affecting: ntopng >= 0, < 6.7.260717
CVE: CVE-2026-86091
CWE: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CVSS: 7.1
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-m22w-f647-vx88)
Patch Commit
https://github.com/ntop/ntopng
https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/blob/f41cc1beff90e40e12bbc2cc135bdbf649ec559f/scripts/lua/rest/v2/delete/pools.lua
https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/blob/f41cc1beff90e40e12bbc2cc135bdbf649ec559f/scripts/lua/modules/pools/pools_rest_utils.lua
Credit: George Chen
Description: ntopng before 6.7.260717 fails to check user privileges in the pools bulk-delete endpoint, allowing authenticated non-administrators to delete all host pools and member bindings. Attackers can issue POST requests to the delete pools endpoint to irreversibly destroy every host pool, removing traffic policy bindings and visibility restrictions that may bypass security policies.

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