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CVE-2026-16772 (GCVE-0-2026-16772)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-14 15:18 – Updated: 2026-08-14 19:48

Title

CVE-2026-16772

Summary

In Akaunting versions <= 3.1.21, low‑privileged authenticated users can modify their own account to assign themselves the admin role ID, granting full administrator privileges. This vulnerability is caused by a flaw in the `UpdateUser` job, which processes user-supplied role assignments via an unconditional `roles()->sync()` call without verifying whether the caller is authorized to manage roles. Users only require the default `update-auth-profile` permission to access the self-update path and assign themselves as admins. The API endpoints are properly permission‑gated and are not affected by this issue.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-14 19:47 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

certcc

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://vokecyber.com/research/cve-2026-16772-aka…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Akaunting	Akaunting	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.1.21 (custom)

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FKIE_CVE-2026-16772

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-14 16:16 - Updated: 2026-08-14 20:16

Severity

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	cret@cert.org	https://vokecyber.com/research/cve-2026-16772-akaunting-privilege-escalation
	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://vokecyber.com/research/cve-2026-16772-akaunting-privilege-escalation

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-98F2-HWVC-W247

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-14 18:31 – Updated: 2026-08-14 21:31

Details

In Akaunting versions <= 3.1.21, low‑privileged authenticated users can modify their own account to assign themselves the admin role ID, granting full administrator privileges. This vulnerability is caused by a flaw in the UpdateUser job, which processes user-supplied role assignments via an unconditional roles()->sync() call without verifying whether the caller is authorized to manage roles. Users only require the default update-auth-profile permission to access the self-update path and assign themselves as admins. The API endpoints are properly permission‑gated and are not affected by this issue.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-16772 (GCVE-0-2026-16772)

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