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CVE-2026-54683 — nl.nl-portal / documenten-api

Improper Authorization

Summary

A previous advisory (CVE-2026-49463 / GHSA-qpm9-h556-mwxm) reported that any logged-in user could download any document by its identifier, and stated this was fixed in 3.0.1. For the document-content part that fix was incomplete: documents remained downloadable by any authenticated user in 3.0.1 and 3.0.2, and the issue was only fully resolved in 3.0.3.

Relationship to CVE-2026-49463

This advisory is a follow-up to CVE-2026-49463. That advisory described the problem on the GraphQL getDocumentContent query and listed nl.nl-portal:documenten-api as fixed in 3.0.1. In practice:

The 3.0.1 change added an authentication parameter to the GraphQL query but never used it, so the query kept returning any document regardless of ownership.
The same flaw also existed on a REST endpoint that the original advisory did not cover, and that endpoint was not changed in 3.0.1 or 3.0.2.

Both were removed in 3.0.3, which is the first release where the document-content issue is actually fixed.

What was wrong

A document's contents could be fetched in two ways, and neither verified the caller's relationship to the document:

a REST endpoint: GET /api/documentapi/{documentapi}/document/{documentId}/content
a GraphQL query: getDocumentContent

Being logged in was required, but that was the only check — there was no per-document authorization. (A security rule meant to guard the REST endpoint also pointed at the wrong URL and never took effect; even if it had, it would only have required a login, not ownership.)

Proof of concept

While logged in as any portal user, request a document that belongs to someone else:

GET /api/documentapi/openzaak/document/&lt;another-users-document-id&gt;/content

The server returns the document contents (HTTP 200), even though the caller has no relationship to that document. The getDocumentContent GraphQL query behaves the same way.

Impact

A logged-in user could read the contents of documents belonging to other people. In a citizen or business portal these documents can contain sensitive personal information. To exploit this, an attacker needs a valid login and a target document's identifier. Document identifiers are random and hard to guess, which limits — but does not prevent — abuse, since identifiers can leak through other channels.

Patches

Fixed in 3.0.3. Both the REST endpoint and the GraphQL query were removed entirely. Document contents can now only be downloaded through endpoints that first confirm the caller is allowed to see the document:

one that requires the caller to have a role on the related case (zaak);
one that requires the caller to own the message (bericht) the document is attached to.

If your application relied on the removed endpoints, switch to one of these case- or message-scoped download endpoints.

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade immediately, block the path GET /api/documentapi/*/document/*/content and the getDocumentContent GraphQL query at your gateway or reverse proxy, and remove any client code that calls them. There is no setting that adds the missing per-document check in affected versions; upgrading (or removing the endpoints) is the only complete fix.

References

Related advisory: GHSA-qpm9-h556-mwxm (CVE-2026-49463)
Fix commits: 6e738a87 (GraphQL query removed, PR #690), e326e6db (REST endpoint removed)
Affected module: nl.nl-portal:documenten-api

Credits

Reported by Ray Sabee, https://whitehatsecurity.nl/ (independent security researcher). Github handle: raysabee

Published: Jun 18, 2026
Updated: Jun 19, 2026
CVE: CVE-2026-54683
GHSA: GHSA-jr45-52cw-69h5
Severity: Medium
Exploit:
CISA KEV:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

A5 - Broken Access Control

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
nl.nl-portal / documenten-api	-	3.0.3

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.