CVE-2026-33620

PinchTab: API Bearer Token Exposed in URL Query Parameter via Server Logs and Intermediary Systems

Published Mar 26, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
PinchTab is a standalone HTTP server that gives AI agents direct control over a Chrome browser. PinchTab `v0.7.8` through `v0.8.3` accepted the API token from a `token` URL query parameter in addition to the `Authorization` header. When a valid API credential is sent in the URL, it can be exposed through request URIs recorded by intermediaries or client-side tooling, such as reverse proxy access logs, browser history, shell history, clipboard history, and tracing systems that capture full URLs. This issue is an unsafe credential transport pattern rather than a direct authentication bypass. It only affects deployments where a token is configured and a client actually uses the query-parameter form. PinchTab's security guidance already recommended `Authorization: Bearer <token>`, but `v0.8.3` still accepted `?token=` and included first-party flows that generated and consumed URLs containing the token. This was addressed in v0.8.4 by removing query-string token authentication and requiring safer header- or session-based authentication flows.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mrqc-3276-74f8 PinchTab: API Bearer Token Exposed in URL Query Parameter via Server Logs and Intermediary Systems
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pinchtab:pinchtab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Pinchtab
Pinchtab pinchtab
Vendors & Products Pinchtab
Pinchtab pinchtab
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Description PinchTab is a standalone HTTP server that gives AI agents direct control over a Chrome browser. PinchTab `v0.7.8` through `v0.8.3` accepted the API token from a `token` URL query parameter in addition to the `Authorization` header. When a valid API credential is sent in the URL, it can be exposed through request URIs recorded by intermediaries or client-side tooling, such as reverse proxy access logs, browser history, shell history, clipboard history, and tracing systems that capture full URLs. This issue is an unsafe credential transport pattern rather than a direct authentication bypass. It only affects deployments where a token is configured and a client actually uses the query-parameter form. PinchTab's security guidance already recommended `Authorization: Bearer <token>`, but `v0.8.3` still accepted `?token=` and included first-party flows that generated and consumed URLs containing the token. This was addressed in v0.8.4 by removing query-string token authentication and requiring safer header- or session-based authentication flows.
Title PinchTab: API Bearer Token Exposed in URL Query Parameter via Server Logs and Intermediary Systems
Weaknesses CWE-598
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 30, 2026, 2:54 PM
Reserved
Mar 23, 2026, 2:24 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 26, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:37 AM