Is github.com/pelicanplatform/pelican affected by CVE-2026-42571?

Go github.com/pelicanplatform/pelican is affected in <0.0.0-20260408120501-7f73b9c3e677.

Is CVE-2026-42571 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.3%.

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CVE-2026-42571

Q: Is CVE-2026-42571 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.3%.

Go · github.com/pelicanplatform/pelican

Summary

Pelican Web UI Affected by a Privilege Escalation Attack

Severity: critical
EPSS: 0.3% (p24)
Also known as: GHSA-rpfr-x88x-xwcw
Published: 2026-05-04

References

https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/security/advisories/GHSA-rpfr-x88x-xwcw
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42571
https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/commit/7f73b9c3e677a0ae4a0ec465c5d98bb8bd948854

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.