LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect website links. Prior to 2.5.6, the setup database configuration flow on uninitialized LinkAce instances accepts attacker-controlled database credential fields and writes them back into .env without escaping. A remote attacker who can reach the setup endpoints and supply a database they control can inject mail configuration variables and achieve command execution when the application later sends mail. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.6.

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Description LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect website links. Prior to 2.5.6, the setup database configuration flow on uninitialized LinkAce instances accepts attacker-controlled database credential fields and writes them back into .env without escaping. A remote attacker who can reach the setup endpoints and supply a database they control can inject mail configuration variables and achieve command execution when the application later sends mail. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.6.
Title LinkAce: Setup database password newline injection enables pre-auth RCE on uninitialized instances
Weaknesses CWE-74
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T20:41:45.386Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T21:40:08.177Z

Link: CVE-2026-45344

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-28T22:17:00.497

Modified: 2026-05-29T02:44:14.130

Link: CVE-2026-45344

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Updated: 2026-05-28T23:00:15Z

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