CVE-2026-85181
Session cookie forgery in Dianping CAT enables admin takeover.
Is CVE-2026-85181 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-85181 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-85181?
CVE-2026-85181 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-85181?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-85181, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-85181 affect?
CVE-2026-85181 affects Dianping CAT (<= 3.1.0), cat-home TokenBuilder, Java web deployments trusting X-Forwarded-For. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-85181?
Apply vendor patch when available; block public access and stop trusting X-Forwarded-For.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attackers can forge session cookies offline (uses Java String.hashCode), bypass X-Forwarded-For IP binding, and create admin sessions with full config control.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 3.1.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.