Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-55863
motionEye: Missing authentication on ActionHandler allows unauthenticated camera action execution
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
motionEye (mEye) is an online interface for a piece of software called "motion," which is a video surveillance program with motion detection. Prior to 0.44.0, the ActionHandler.post() method in motioneye/handlers/action.py lacks the BaseHandler.auth() decorator, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to send requests to /action/<camera_id>/<action>. The endpoint can trigger snapshot, record_start, and record_stop actions. When an administrator has configured action scripts, the same endpoint can invoke PTZ controls, alarm actions, lighting actions, and other predefined commands, and configured remote motionEye cameras can allow server-side requests to the remote camera service. This issue is fixed in version 0.44.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
motioneye · motioneye-project
< 0.44.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55863
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55863
github.com
https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/commit/0d5cb9c238a87447dae29812e5bf2ccf323cf3dc
github.com
https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/pull/3332
github.com
https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/releases/tag/0.44.0
github.com
https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/security/advisories/GHSA-j67x-q29f-qcvv
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