CVE-2026-54741

Lemmy: Blocked users can edit private messages sent before the block

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2026 at 08:13 PM UTC
Updated: September 9, 2026 at 09:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLemmy Lemmy

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to 0.19.19 and 1.0.0-alpha.18, Lemmy blocks new private messages from a sender after the recipient blocks that sender, but the edit path skips the same block check. create_private_message checks the recipient's block list with PersonActions::read_block before inserting a message, while edit_private_message in crates/api/api_crud/src/private_message/update.rs only checks that the caller is orig_private_message.creator_id. The update then writes new content and returns the modified PrivateMessageView without consulting the recipient's block list, allowing a blocked sender to keep changing an old message that the recipient can still see and providing a post-block harassment path. This issue is fixed in versions 0.19.19 and 1.0.0-alpha.18.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.19.19v < 1.0.0-alpha.18
Affected range stops below 0.19.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.0.0-alpha.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
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Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-862

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