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Bostr Improper Authorization

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Bostr is an nostr relay aggregator proxy that acts like a regular nostr relay. bostr let everyone in even having authorized_keys being set when noscraper is set to true. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.10.

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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-41962
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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3 Nov 2026, 15:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Bostr Improper Authorization

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Aug 2024, 16:30 UTC

Bostr is an nostr relay aggregator proxy that acts like a regular nostr relay. bostr let everyone in even having authorized_keys being set when noscraper is set to true. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.10.

osv:CVE-2024-41962
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41962",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Bostr Improper Authorization",
    "summary": "Bostr is an nostr relay aggregator proxy that acts like a regular nostr relay. bostr let everyone in even having authorized_keys being set when noscraper is set to true. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.10.",
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    "products": [],
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.349352552Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Yonle/bostr/blob/8665374a66e2afb9f92d0414b0d6f420a95d5d2d/auth.js#L21",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/41xxx/CVE-2024-41962.json",
        "https://github.com/Yonle/bostr/security/advisories/GHSA-5cf7-cxrf-mq73",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41962",
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}