Security researchers disclosed CVE-2026-86242, a high-severity flaw in Bifrost HTTP transport before version 2.0.0, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution on dynamically linked builds through a malicious custom plugin HTTP path. When management authentication is disabled by default, attackers can POST a plugin definition referencing an HTTP URL. The server downloads the shared object, loads it using Go’s plugin system, and immediately executes the plugin’s Init function. The vendor fixed the issue in transports v2.0.0 by tightening plugin path validation and hardening the downloader. Users are urged to upgrade, enable dashboard authentication, restrict management access, or rely on statically linked builds.
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