Dashboard takeover via unchecked first-run password setup
Published Jul 18, 2026 · Updated Jul 18, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Sipeed PicoClaw 0.2.0 through 0.2.9 allows remote attackers to claim an uninitialized launcher dashboard. The public POST /api/auth/setup handler persists a supplied password without validating Origin, Referer, or Sec-Fetch-Site provenance. Exploitation requires an uninitialized launcher and a local user who visits attacker-controlled content; success grants control of privileged launcher functions.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Sipeed PicoClaw 0.2.0 through 0.2.9 allows remote attackers to claim an uninitialized launcher dashboard. The public POST /api/auth/setup handler persists a supplied password without validating Origin, Referer, or Sec-Fetch-Site provenance. Exploitation requires an uninitialized launcher and a local user who visits attacker-controlled content; success grants control of privileged launcher functions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-16081
- Published
- Jul 18, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Sipeed
- Product
- PicoClaw
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-352, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0.2.0
- Affected versionversion=0.2.1
- Affected versionversion=0.2.2
- Affected versionversion=0.2.3
- Affected versionversion=0.2.4
- Affected versionversion=0.2.5
- Affected versionversion=0.2.6
- Affected versionversion=0.2.7
- Affected versionversion=0.2.8
- Affected versionversion=0.2.9
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What is affected?
Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- PicoClaw launcher setup CSRF verification PoCproof of concept · demonstrated
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