CVE-2026-41491

Dapr is a portable, event-driven, runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge. From versions 1.3.0 to before 1.15.14, 1.16.0-rc.1 to before 1.16.14, and 1.17.0-rc.1 to before 1.17.5, a vulnerability has been found in Dapr that allows bypassing access control policies for service invocation using reserved URL characters and path traversal sequences in method paths. The ACL normalized the method path independently from the dispatch layer, so the ACL evaluated one path while the target application received a different one. This issue has been patched in versions 1.15.14, 1.16.14, and 1.17.5.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/dapr/dapr/pull/9589	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/dapr/dapr/security/advisories/GHSA-85gx-3qv6-4463	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:dapr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:dapr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:dapr::::::::

History

12 May 2026, 14:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:dapr::::::::
References	~~() https://github.com/dapr/dapr/pull/9589 -~~	() https://github.com/dapr/dapr/pull/9589 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/dapr/dapr/security/advisories/GHSA-85gx-3qv6-4463 -~~	() https://github.com/dapr/dapr/security/advisories/GHSA-85gx-3qv6-4463 - Vendor Advisory
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
First Time		Linuxfoundation Linuxfoundation dapr

08 May 2026, 14:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-08 14:16

Updated : 2026-05-12 14:47

NVD link : CVE-2026-41491

Mitre link : CVE-2026-41491

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41491

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Products Affected

linuxfoundation

dapr

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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