---
id: CVE-2026-57449
title: Actual is a local-first personal finance tool
summary: >-
  Actual is a local-first personal finance tool. Prior to 26.7.0, Actual Sync
  Server's CORS proxy is intended to let authenticated users fetch resources
  only from repositories listed in the official plugin allowlist. When
  `ACTUAL_GITHUB_TO…
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-200
  - CWE-284
  - CWE-863
vendor: actualbudget
product: actual
affected:
  - actual < 26.7.0
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T23:16:54.110'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57449'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/security/advisories/GHSA-m62c-5q34-f3cf
    label: security-advisories@github.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
cvssSource: cna
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T23:21:16.955Z'
---

## Overview

Actual is a local-first personal finance tool. Prior to 26.7.0, Actual Sync Server's CORS proxy is intended to let authenticated users fetch resources only from repositories listed in the official plugin allowlist. When `ACTUAL_GITHUB_TOKEN` is configured, the proxy automatically attaches the server's GitHub token to GitHub requests. The GitHub API allowlist check uses a raw `startsWith()` prefix test for `/repos/{owner}/{repo}` without requiring a path boundary after the repository name. If an allowlisted public plugin repository is `https://github.com/acme/plugin`, the proxy also accepts GitHub API URLs. Those URLs are outside the allowlisted repository but still pass because their API path starts with `/repos/acme/plugin`. The proxy then forwards the request with the server's `ACTUAL_GITHUB_TOKEN`, allowing any authenticated Actual user to read private GitHub resources reachable by that token. Version 26.7.0 fixes the issue.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.