Cap's GET /api/video/ai endpoint fails to validate user ownership or membership before returning private video AI metadata including titles, summaries, and chapters. Authenticated attackers can supply arbitrary video IDs to read sensitive AI-generated content and trigger unauthorized AI generation that consumes the video owner's credits without consent.
CVE-2026-59704
Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-08. the CNA's CVSS baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.1
- EG Score
- 7.1(high)
- EG Risk
- 48(Track)EG Risk 48/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity71% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 12%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 7, 2026
Last Modified
July 20, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026Cap - Missing Access Control in Video AI Metadata Endpoint | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cap-missing-access-control-in-video-ai-metadata-endpointfix(web): require canView on transcript and AI metadata endpoints
Patch available: CapSoftware/Cap cap-v0.5.2 (PR #1926 merged 2026-06-19)
https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1926Unauthenticated Cross-User AI Metadata Disclosure via Missing Access Check on /api/video/ai · Issue #1981 · CapSoftware/Cap · GitHub
https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/issues/1981commit 8d48642b6e79 (CapSoftware/Cap)
Patch available: CapSoftware/Cap cap-v0.5.2 (contains commit 8d48642b6e79)
https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/commit/8d48642b6e7938af238386383ef1c273be4110ddGitHub - CapSoftware/Cap: Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings. · GitHub
https://github.com/CapSoftware/CapVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59704(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-07-07 22:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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