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CVE-2026-71863: SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from, and communicate with anonymous
CVE-2026-71863 Nov 6, 2026 Source: Vendor
SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from, and communicate with anonymous sources. From 2.13.0 until 2.16.1, running the securedrop-admin install Ansible playbook with journalist alerts disabled leaves the journalist alert key filename empty, causing the copy task to transfer every file in ~/.config/securedrop-admin/, including Onion Service client authentication credentials, to the Monitor Server. An attacker
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