Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Weakness Allowed-with-Review

Missing Authorization

Abstraction: Class · Status: Incomplete

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Dimensions

  • Behavior-Property: Missing
  • Behavior-Type: Authorization
Mapping guidance

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Examine children of this entry to see if there is a better fit

Relationships and members
ChildOf: CWE-285 · View CWE-1000
  • Behavior-Property: Improper
ChildOf: CWE-284 · View CWE-1340
  • Behavior-Property: Improper
  • Behavior-Type: Access Control
Modes of introduction
Architecture and Design

OMISSION: This weakness is caused by missing a security tactic during the architecture and design phase.

Authorization weaknesses may arise when a single-user application is ported to a multi-user environment.

Implementation

A developer may introduce authorization weaknesses because of a lack of understanding about the underlying technologies. For example, a developer may assume that attackers cannot modify certain inputs such as headers or cookies.

Operation
Detection methods

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis is useful for detecting commonly-used idioms for authorization. A tool may be able to analyze related configuration files, such as .htaccess in Apache web servers, or detect the usage of commonly-used authorization libraries.

Generally, automated static analysis tools have difficulty detecting custom authorization schemes. In addition, the software's design may include some functionality that is accessible to any user and does not require an authorization check; an automated technique that detects the absence of authorization may report false positives.

Effectiveness: Limited

Automated Dynamic Analysis

Automated dynamic analysis may find many or all possible interfaces that do not require authorization, but manual analysis is required to determine if the lack of authorization violates business logic.

Manual Analysis

This weakness can be detected using tools and techniques that require manual (human) analysis, such as penetration testing, threat modeling, and interactive tools that allow the tester to record and modify an active session.

Specifically, manual static analysis is useful for evaluating the correctness of custom authorization mechanisms.

Effectiveness: Moderate

These may be more effective than strictly automated techniques. This is especially the case with weaknesses that are related to design and business rules. However, manual efforts might not achieve desired code coverage within limited time constraints.

Manual Static Analysis - Binary or Bytecode

According to SOAR [REF-1479], the following detection techniques may be useful:

Cost effective for partial coverage:

Binary / Bytecode disassembler - then use manual analysis for vulnerabilities & anomalies

Effectiveness: SOAR Partial

Dynamic Analysis with Automated Results Interpretation

According to SOAR [REF-1479], the following detection techniques may be useful:

Cost effective for partial coverage:

Web Application Scanner

Web Services Scanner

Database Scanners

Effectiveness: SOAR Partial

Dynamic Analysis with Manual Results Interpretation

According to SOAR [REF-1479], the following detection techniques may be useful:

Cost effective for partial coverage:

Host Application Interface Scanner

Fuzz Tester

Framework-based Fuzzer

Effectiveness: SOAR Partial

Manual Static Analysis - Source Code

According to SOAR [REF-1479], the following detection techniques may be useful:

Cost effective for partial coverage:

Focused Manual Spotcheck - Focused manual analysis of source

Manual Source Code Review (not inspections)

Effectiveness: SOAR Partial

Automated Static Analysis - Source Code

According to SOAR [REF-1479], the following detection techniques may be useful:

Cost effective for partial coverage:

Source code Weakness Analyzer

Context-configured Source Code Weakness Analyzer

Effectiveness: SOAR Partial

Architecture or Design Review

According to SOAR [REF-1479], the following detection techniques may be useful:

Highly cost effective:

Inspection (IEEE 1028 standard) (can apply to requirements, design, source code, etc.)

Formal Methods / Correct-By-Construction

Effectiveness: High

Notes

Terminology

Assuming a user with a given identity, authorization is the process of determining whether that user can access a given resource, based on the user's privileges and any permissions or other access-control specifications that apply to the resource.

Content history
Submission: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2011-05-24 · CWE 1.13
Contribution: "Mapping CWE to 62443" Sub-Working Group · CWE-CAPEC ICS/OT SIG · 2023-04-25 · CWE 4.11

Suggested mappings to ISA/IEC 62443.

Contribution: Abhi Balakrishnan · 2024-02-29 · CWE 4.16

Provided diagram to improve CWE usability

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2011-06-27 · CWE 2.0

updated Demonstrative_Examples, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2011-09-13 · CWE 2.1

updated Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2012-05-11 · CWE 2.2

updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples, References, Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2012-10-30 · CWE 2.3

updated Potential_Mitigations

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2014-02-18 · CWE 2.6

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2014-07-30 · CWE 2.8

updated Detection_Factors

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2017-01-19 · CWE 2.10

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2017-11-08 · CWE 3.0

updated Applicable_Platforms, Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2018-03-27 · CWE 3.1

updated References

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2019-06-20 · CWE 3.3

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-02-24 · CWE 4.0

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-08-20 · CWE 4.2

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-12-10 · CWE 4.3

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2021-03-15 · CWE 4.4

updated Alternate_Terms, Observed_Examples

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2021-07-20 · CWE 4.5

updated Observed_Examples, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2021-10-28 · CWE 4.6

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2022-06-28 · CWE 4.8

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2022-10-13 · CWE 4.9

updated Observed_Examples

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-01-31 · CWE 4.10

updated Description, Potential_Mitigations

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-04-27 · CWE 4.11

updated References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-06-29 · CWE 4.12

updated Mapping_Notes, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2024-11-19 · CWE 4.16

updated Common_Consequences, Description, Diagram, Relationships, Terminology_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2025-09-09 · CWE 4.18

updated Applicable_Platforms, Detection_Factors, Observed_Examples, References

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2025-12-11 · CWE 4.19

updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2026-04-30 · CWE 4.20

updated Applicable_Platforms, Observed_Examples, Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2026-10-28 · CWE 5.0

updated Applicable_Platforms, Dimensions, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings

19854 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-7XGC-5JG8-2XHX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-10 03:30 – Updated: 2025-06-10 03:30
VLAI
Details

SAP GRC allows a non-administrative user to access and initiate transaction which could allow them to modify or control the transmitted system credentials. This causes high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability of the application.

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    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "id": "GHSA-7xgc-5jg8-2xhx",
  "modified": "2025-06-10T03:30:28Z",
  "published": "2025-06-10T03:30:28Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42982"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://me.sap.com/notes/3609271"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XGH-C82H-RVJJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-27 03:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:33
VLAI
Details

The Tutor LMS – Migration Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the tutor_lp_export_xml function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export courses, including private and password protected courses.

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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-27T02:15:09Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Tutor LMS \u2013 Migration Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the tutor_lp_export_xml function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export courses, including private and password protected courses.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xgh-c82h-rvjj",
  "modified": "2026-04-08T18:33:33Z",
  "published": "2024-07-27T03:30:50Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1798"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor-lms-migration-tool/trunk/classes/LPtoTutorMigration.php#L762"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3132123%40tutor-lms-migration-tool\u0026new=3132123%40tutor-lms-migration-tool\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0cb67f55-6d21-4a4e-9651-fcf671788d16?source=cve"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XGJ-8392-5Q4R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-23 21:32 – Updated: 2026-10-23 21:32
VLAI
Summary
FastMCP: Post-transform component authorization is skipped on direct calls
Details

Maintainer assessment and remediation

This report is accepted as a FastMCP authorization vulnerability. In supported configurations, a server transform can change the metadata used by a component's authorization policy. Direct lookups previously checked the original component but returned the transformed component without rechecking its policy. A client that knows the component identifier can invoke a tool or retrieve a resource or prompt that the configured policy denies.

The fixes authorize the final transformed tools, resources, templates, and prompts. A denied concrete resource also shadows a matching resource template at its URI, preventing proxy templates from retrieving the same protected resource upstream. Authorized callers, authorized component versions, and templates for genuinely absent concrete resources remain supported.

Affected stable release lines: FastMCP 3.0.0–3.4.9 and 4.0.0–4.1.1. The missing final authorization check is present in v3.0.0 history and was reproduced on v3.4.9 and v4.1.0. Both fastmcp and fastmcp-slim installations are affected when using component authorization with transforms or protected concrete resources overlapping proxy templates.

Fixes are available in FastMCP 3.4.10 and 4.1.2. Until upgrading, avoid overlapping proxy templates for protected resources and enforce the required authorization at the handler or server boundary rather than relying on a policy whose inputs are changed by a transform.

Original report

Post-transform component authorization is skipped on direct calls

Summary

FastMCP's direct component paths can return a transformed component before its applicable AuthCheck, allowing low-privilege callers to execute hidden protected behavior. I reproduced this against FastMCP 4.1.0 and commit e2fcc412001ff7414095c5dc282f94c70299a612 using only an in-process FastMCP server. The attacker does not have server-side access and does not control FastMCP configuration.

Details

Attacker prerequisites

A server uses a supported provider, server, or session transform and a metadata-aware component AuthCheck. The attacker has a valid low-privilege identity, lacks the required scope, and knows or guesses the final transformed component name. They do not control the transform or the policy.

Root cause

Listing applies transforms and then authorizes the transformed component. In the direct lookup path, FastMCP 4.1.0 applies the transform and returns the component without authorizing that final component. See server.py:933-940. The MCP tools/call handler reaches this path; equivalent direct paths exist for resources, templates, and prompts.

Proof of concept

Save this as poc_transform_auth.py:

import anyio

from fastmcp import FastMCP
from fastmcp.server.auth import restrict_tag
from fastmcp.server.transforms.tool_transform import ToolTransform
from fastmcp.tools.base import Tool
from fastmcp.tools.tool_transform import ToolTransformConfig


async def main() -> None:
    server = FastMCP("auth-boundary")
    server.add_tool(
        Tool.from_function(
            lambda: "PROTECTED SECRET",
            name="tagged_tool",
            tags={"public"},
            auth=restrict_tag("admin", scopes=["admin"]),
        )
    )
    server.add_transform(
        ToolTransform({"tagged_tool": ToolTransformConfig(tags={"admin"})})
    )

    print("listed:", [tool.name for tool in await server.list_tools()])
    try:
        result = await server.call_tool("tagged_tool")
    except Exception as exc:
        print("BLOCKED:", type(exc).__name__)
    else:
        print("VULNERABLE: direct call returned", result.content[0].text)


anyio.run(main)

Run it in an isolated environment:

uv run --with fastmcp==4.1.0 -- python poc_transform_auth.py

Observed on 4.1.0 for a caller without the admin scope:

listed: []
VULNERABLE: direct call returned PROTECTED SECRET

Impact

A low-privilege caller can directly execute administrative tools hidden from listing, including their side effects and returned secrets. The same ordering flaw can expose protected resources, templates, or prompts.

Recommended remediation

Apply component authorization to the final transformed component in every direct resolution/execution path, after all provider, server, and session transforms. Reuse one ordered resolver for list and direct operations so lookup never returns a transformed component before its applicable AuthCheck runs.

AI assistance

Yes — OpenAI Codex assisted static analysis/PoC/writeup; reproduction was validated against stated version.

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  "details": "## Maintainer assessment and remediation\n\nThis report is accepted as a FastMCP authorization vulnerability. In supported configurations, a server transform can change the metadata used by a component\u0027s authorization policy. Direct lookups previously checked the original component but returned the transformed component without rechecking its policy. A client that knows the component identifier can invoke a tool or retrieve a resource or prompt that the configured policy denies.\n\nThe fixes authorize the final transformed tools, resources, templates, and prompts. A denied concrete resource also shadows a matching resource template at its URI, preventing proxy templates from retrieving the same protected resource upstream. Authorized callers, authorized component versions, and templates for genuinely absent concrete resources remain supported.\n\nAffected stable release lines: FastMCP 3.0.0\u20133.4.9 and 4.0.0\u20134.1.1. The missing final authorization check is present in v3.0.0 history and was reproduced on v3.4.9 and v4.1.0. Both `fastmcp` and `fastmcp-slim` installations are affected when using component authorization with transforms or protected concrete resources overlapping proxy templates.\n\nFixes are available in FastMCP 3.4.10 and 4.1.2. Until upgrading, avoid overlapping proxy templates for protected resources and enforce the required authorization at the handler or server boundary rather than relying on a policy whose inputs are changed by a transform.\n\n## Original report\n\n# Post-transform component authorization is skipped on direct calls\n\n## Summary\n\nFastMCP\u0027s direct component paths can return a transformed component before its applicable `AuthCheck`, allowing low-privilege callers to execute hidden protected behavior. I reproduced this against FastMCP 4.1.0 and commit `e2fcc412001ff7414095c5dc282f94c70299a612` using only an in-process FastMCP server. The attacker does not have server-side access and does not control FastMCP configuration.\n\n## Details\n\n### Attacker prerequisites\n\nA server uses a supported provider, server, or session transform and a metadata-aware component `AuthCheck`. The attacker has a valid low-privilege identity, lacks the required scope, and knows or guesses the final transformed component name. They do not control the transform or the policy.\n\n### Root cause\n\nListing applies transforms and then authorizes the transformed component. In the direct lookup path, FastMCP 4.1.0 applies the transform and returns the component without authorizing that final component. See [`server.py:933-940`](https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/v4.1.0/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/server/server.py#L933-L940). The MCP `tools/call` handler reaches this path; equivalent direct paths exist for resources, templates, and prompts.\n\n## Proof of concept\n\nSave this as `poc_transform_auth.py`:\n\n```python\nimport anyio\n\nfrom fastmcp import FastMCP\nfrom fastmcp.server.auth import restrict_tag\nfrom fastmcp.server.transforms.tool_transform import ToolTransform\nfrom fastmcp.tools.base import Tool\nfrom fastmcp.tools.tool_transform import ToolTransformConfig\n\n\nasync def main() -\u003e None:\n    server = FastMCP(\"auth-boundary\")\n    server.add_tool(\n        Tool.from_function(\n            lambda: \"PROTECTED SECRET\",\n            name=\"tagged_tool\",\n            tags={\"public\"},\n            auth=restrict_tag(\"admin\", scopes=[\"admin\"]),\n        )\n    )\n    server.add_transform(\n        ToolTransform({\"tagged_tool\": ToolTransformConfig(tags={\"admin\"})})\n    )\n\n    print(\"listed:\", [tool.name for tool in await server.list_tools()])\n    try:\n        result = await server.call_tool(\"tagged_tool\")\n    except Exception as exc:\n        print(\"BLOCKED:\", type(exc).__name__)\n    else:\n        print(\"VULNERABLE: direct call returned\", result.content[0].text)\n\n\nanyio.run(main)\n```\n\nRun it in an isolated environment:\n\n```bash\nuv run --with fastmcp==4.1.0 -- python poc_transform_auth.py\n```\n\nObserved on 4.1.0 for a caller without the `admin` scope:\n\n```text\nlisted: []\nVULNERABLE: direct call returned PROTECTED SECRET\n```\n\n## Impact\n\nA low-privilege caller can directly execute administrative tools hidden from listing, including their side effects and returned secrets. The same ordering flaw can expose protected resources, templates, or prompts.\n\n### Recommended remediation\n\nApply component authorization to the final transformed component in every direct resolution/execution path, after all provider, server, and session transforms. Reuse one ordered resolver for list and direct operations so lookup never returns a transformed component before its applicable `AuthCheck` runs.\n\n## AI assistance\n\nYes \u2014 OpenAI Codex assisted static analysis/PoC/writeup; reproduction was validated against stated version.",
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GHSA-7XGJ-VH96-453M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-02 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-28 21:35
VLAI
Details

Missing Authorization vulnerability in IDX IMPress Listings allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects IMPress Listings: from n/a through 2.6.2.

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  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-01-02T15:15:19Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in IDX IMPress Listings allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects IMPress Listings: from n/a through 2.6.2.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xgj-vh96-453m",
  "modified": "2026-04-28T21:35:30Z",
  "published": "2025-01-02T15:31:59Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45633"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-listings/vulnerability/wordpress-impress-listings-plugin-2-6-2-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ]
}

GHSA-7XH9-5JQW-X95X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-14 06:30 – Updated: 2025-03-14 06:30
VLAI
Details

The Zegen - Church WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several AJAX endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to import, export, and update theme options.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-2289"
  ],
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      "CWE-862"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-14T06:15:25Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Zegen - Church WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several AJAX endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to import, export, and update theme options.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xh9-5jqw-x95x",
  "modified": "2025-03-14T06:30:43Z",
  "published": "2025-03-14T06:30:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2289"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://themeforest.net/item/zegen-church-wordpress-theme/25116823"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a04db024-5198-490f-bf5f-d5bad1b21ce4?source=cve"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XJ3-8PXR-P8PC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-17 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-17 15:30
VLAI
Details

Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.6, 10.11.x <= 10.11.21, 11.8.x <= 11.8.3 fail to validate that users have read access to a channel before linking a board to it, which allows an authenticated attacker to discover the membership of private channels on the same team via creating, patching, importing, or bulk-creating boards with an arbitrary channelId. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00674

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-16047"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-17T15:16:54Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Mattermost versions 11.7.x \u003c= 11.7.6, 10.11.x \u003c= 10.11.21, 11.8.x \u003c= 11.8.3 fail to validate that users have read access to a channel before linking a board to it, which allows an authenticated attacker to discover the membership of private channels on the same team via creating, patching, importing, or bulk-creating boards with an arbitrary channelId. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00674",
  "id": "GHSA-7xj3-8pxr-p8pc",
  "modified": "2026-08-17T15:30:40Z",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:30:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16047"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://mattermost.com/security-updates"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XJ4-3Q34-WRV3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-11-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-11-06 12:30
VLAI
Details

A user with any role, including Viewer or a service account with no permissions, can create, externally publish, and delete dashboard snapshots (missing authorization). Only Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise 12.4 are affected; earlier versions and Grafana 13 are not.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-33379"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-11-06T10:16:37Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A user with any role, including Viewer or a service account with no permissions, can create, externally publish, and delete dashboard snapshots (missing authorization). Only Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise 12.4 are affected; earlier versions and Grafana 13 are not.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xj4-3q34-wrv3",
  "modified": "2026-11-06T12:30:36Z",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:30:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33379"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-33379"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XJ8-XWGJ-5PRC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-11 15:31 – Updated: 2026-10-11 15:31
VLAI
Details

JeecgBoot through 3.9.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users to read any account's permissions via the queryUserAuths handler. Low-privileged attackers can supply an arbitrary userId parameter to retrieve another user's complete permission set and identify administrator accounts.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-108866"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-11T15:16:53Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "JeecgBoot through 3.9.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users to read any account\u0027s permissions via the queryUserAuths handler. Low-privileged attackers can supply an arbitrary userId parameter to retrieve another user\u0027s complete permission set and identify administrator accounts.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xj8-xwgj-5prc",
  "modified": "2026-10-11T15:31:08Z",
  "published": "2026-10-11T15:31:08Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108866"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/AnkesKasty/cve-request-poc/blob/a7b6d1423555812d8efa26c91c5d0683164b31e5/JeecgBoot/poc_sys_api_query_user_auths.py"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jeecgboot/JeecgBoot/blob/e3b9dc0aefe1943d9772b026f64ed671a7c82802/jeecg-boot/jeecg-module-system/jeecg-system-biz/src/main/java/org/jeecg/modules/api/controller/SystemApiController.java#L493-L496"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/jeecgboot-through-3.9.5-missing-authorization-via-sys-api-queryuserauths"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XJJ-PFFV-FRQH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-11 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-25 00:00
VLAI
Details

SAP ERP HCM Portugal - versions 600, 604, 608, does not perform necessary authorization checks for a report that reads the payroll data of employees in a certain area. Since the affected report only reads the payroll information, the attacker can neither modify any information nor cause availability impacts.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-22535"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-02-09T23:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "SAP ERP HCM Portugal - versions 600, 604, 608, does not perform necessary authorization checks for a report that reads the payroll data of employees in a certain area. Since the affected report only reads the payroll information, the attacker can neither modify any information nor cause availability impacts.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xjj-pffv-frqh",
  "modified": "2022-08-25T00:00:27Z",
  "published": "2022-02-11T00:00:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22535"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3126489"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/PSR/SAP+Security+Patch+Day+-+February+2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XP3-XC7Q-7R4H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-13 18:32 – Updated: 2024-11-14 21:32
VLAI
Details

In multiple locations, there is a possible permissions bypass due to a missing null check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-34719"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476",
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-13T18:15:20Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In multiple locations, there is a possible permissions bypass due to a missing null check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xp3-xc7q-7r4h",
  "modified": "2024-11-14T21:32:02Z",
  "published": "2024-11-13T18:32:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34719"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/Bluetooth/+/b0e4375577ba7e21bd40edac5990bea418ecdc8c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-11-01"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Architecture and Design
  • Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) [REF-229] to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
  • Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor [REF-7].

Mitigation MIT-4.4
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks

  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
Mitigation
Architecture and Design
  • For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page.
  • One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.
Mitigation
System Configuration Installation

Use the access control capabilities of your operating system and server environment and define your access control lists accordingly. Use a "default deny" policy when defining these ACLs.

CAPEC-665: Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws

An adversary leverages a firmware weakness within the Thunderbolt protocol, on a computing device to manipulate Thunderbolt controller firmware in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the implementation of authorization and verification schemes within Thunderbolt protection mechanisms. Upon gaining physical access to a target device, the adversary conducts high-level firmware manipulation of the victim Thunderbolt controller SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) flash, through the use of a SPI Programing device and an external Thunderbolt device, typically as the target device is booting up. If successful, this allows the adversary to modify memory, subvert authentication mechanisms, spoof identities and content, and extract data and memory from the target device. Currently 7 major vulnerabilities exist within Thunderbolt protocol with 9 attack vectors as noted in the Execution Flow.