career-ops: Local dashboard API accepted cross-origin and non-loopback requests, allowing unauthenticated command execution (CVE-2026-88061) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-88061

career-ops: Local dashboard API accepted cross-origin and non-loopback requests, allowing unauthenticated command execution

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-88061 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in career-ops: Local dashboard API accepted cross-origin and non-loopback requests, allowing unauthenticated command execution. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps santifer/career-ops (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 10, 2026Updated Sep 10, 2026Source checked Sep 10, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 10, 2026Material review Sep 10, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps santifer/career-ops (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
santifer/career-opsgeneric	< 0.8.0	Not reported

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for santifer/career-ops.
Review the reported fix. Monitor this advisory for an available fix and review any installs of the affected package.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 10, 2026
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Source modified
Sep 10, 2026
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First seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

career-ops is an open-source AI-assisted job search and application management tool. Prior to 0.8.0, the career-ops local web dashboard web/ exposed command-spawning and user-file-writing /api routes without validating request origin or restricting clients to loopback addresses. A malicious page in another browser tab could send cross-origin localhost requests while the dashboard was running, and a dashboard bound beyond loopback could receive direct requests from the local network. Both paths allowed unauthenticated command execution as the dashboard user, but npm installations were unaffected because web/ is excluded from the published package. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.0.

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