# CVE-2026-119551: Jellyfin through 12.4 Authorization Bypass via GET /Items/Suggestions

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-30. Updated: 2026-11-04.

Jellyfin through 12.4 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in SuggestionsController.GetSuggestions that allows authenticated non-administrator users to bypass library and parental restrictions by omitting the userId parameter. Attackers can repeatedly call GET /Items/Suggestions without userId to enumerate restricted items, including IDs and server filesystem paths, and then stream them.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- jellyfin / jellyfin (jellyfin/jellyfin): ≥ 0; ≤ 12.4 (affected, custom). Source: CNA: VulnCheck

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 7.1 (high); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CVSS 3.1: 6.5 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.32% as of 2026-11-03; percentile 24.97%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-862

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/blob/v12.4/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SuggestionsController.cs#L70-L95 (CNA: VulnCheck; technical-description)

- https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/security/advisories/GHSA-9x85-gx46-6522 (CNA: VulnCheck; related, vendor-advisory)

- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/jellyfin-suggestions-idor (CNA: VulnCheck; third-party-advisory)

- https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin (CNA: VulnCheck; product)

- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/jellyfin-through-12.4-authorization-bypass-via-get-items-suggestions (CNA: VulnCheck; third-party-advisory)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulnCheck: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119551; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-119551; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated Not reported

Revision: 91a36b3a84e7b8df2b17a9005acbc9a14c4126d23c1ae37e745c354e3e4e9fb1

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-119551

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