Vulnerability · CVE-2026-8491
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Drupal Node View Permissions allows Forceful Browsing.
Published May 19, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 23, 2026 · node view permissions
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-8491. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of node view permissions is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Low3.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.27%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe adcisolutions/node view permissions
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Drupal Node View Permissions allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Node View Permissions: from 0.0.0 before 1.7.0, from 2.0.0 before 2.0.1.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe adcisolutions/node view permissions2.0.0
How to fix CVE-2026-8491
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-8491. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of node view permissions is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with adcisolutions/node view permissions 2.0.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-754. EPSS 0.27%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 19, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Drupal Node View Permissions allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Node View Permissions: from 0.0.0 before 1.7.0, from 2.0.0 before 2.0.1.
Jul 23, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Drupal Node View Permissions allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Node View Permissions: from 0.0.0 before 1.7.0, from 2.0.0 before 2.0.1.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8491
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-8491
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8491
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Drupal Node View Permissions allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Node View Permissions: from 0.0.0 before 1.7.0, from 2.0.0 before 2.0.1.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.