CWE-267
AllowedPrivilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete
A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.
110 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-G9VP-WJ77-5767
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-27 06:31A flaw was found in the Application Subscription controller (multicluster-operators-subscription) of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (ACM). A user with namespace-scoped "edit" privileges in an ACM hub namespace can create a Channel resource pointing to a Helm repository they control and a Subscription resource referencing it. The app-subscription controller fetches and applies the Helm chart contents with its own elevated authority, without verifying whether the subscription creator holds the "open-cluster-management:subscription-admin" role and without restricting applied resources to the subscription namespace. This allows the attacker to include cluster-scoped resources in the Helm chart, such as a ClusterRoleBinding granting the attacker's ServiceAccount the "cluster-admin" ClusterRole. Successful exploitation results in full cluster-admin privilege escalation. This contradicts the ACM documentation which states that non-subscription-admin users should have resources deployed into the subscription namespace only.
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"details": "A flaw was found in the Application Subscription controller (multicluster-operators-subscription) of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (ACM). A user with namespace-scoped \"edit\" privileges in an ACM hub namespace can create a Channel resource pointing to a Helm repository they control and a Subscription resource referencing it. The app-subscription controller fetches and applies the Helm chart contents with its own elevated authority, without verifying whether the subscription creator holds the \"open-cluster-management:subscription-admin\" role and without restricting applied resources to the subscription namespace. This allows the attacker to include cluster-scoped resources in the Helm chart, such as a ClusterRoleBinding granting the attacker\u0027s ServiceAccount the \"cluster-admin\" ClusterRole. Successful exploitation results in full cluster-admin privilege escalation. This contradicts the ACM documentation which states that non-subscription-admin users should have resources deployed into the subscription namespace only.",
"id": "GHSA-g9vp-wj77-5767",
"modified": "2026-08-27T06:31:22Z",
"published": "2026-08-05T09:31:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10090"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10090"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483292"
}
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"severity": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-GQ47-H9VQ-4RP9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-17 09:30 – Updated: 2025-04-17 09:30An attacker with knowledge of creating user accounts during VM deployment on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the OS Login feature, can login via SSH gaining command-line control of the operating system. This allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive data stored on the VM, install malicious software, and disrupt or disable the functionality of the VM.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-2903"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-17T07:15:42Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An attacker with knowledge of creating user accounts during VM deployment on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the OS Login feature, can login via SSH gaining command-line control of the operating system. This allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive data stored on the VM, install malicious software, and disrupt or disable the functionality of the VM.",
"id": "GHSA-gq47-h9vq-4rp9",
"modified": "2025-04-17T09:30:35Z",
"published": "2025-04-17T09:30:35Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2903"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.perforce.com/s/detail/a91PA000001Sed3YAC"
}
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-GQ4Q-28FM-92W2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-13 21:30 – Updated: 2024-07-11 15:30In v4l2_smfc_qbuf of smfc-v4l2-ioctls.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds 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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"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-13T21:15:54Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "In v4l2_smfc_qbuf of smfc-v4l2-ioctls.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.",
"id": "GHSA-gq4q-28fm-92w2",
"modified": "2024-07-11T15:30:43Z",
"published": "2024-06-13T21:30:55Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32901"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2024-06-01"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-J3W3-P4G3-436Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-13 18:30 – Updated: 2026-05-13 18:30A vulnerability exists in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems where a highly privileged, authenticated attacker with at least the Certificate Manager role can modify configuration objects that allow running arbitrary commands. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-13T16:16:47Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability exists in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems where a highly privileged, authenticated attacker with at least the Certificate Manager role can modify configuration objects that allow running arbitrary commands.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.",
"id": "GHSA-j3w3-p4g3-436q",
"modified": "2026-05-13T18:30:56Z",
"published": "2026-05-13T18:30:56Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000160971"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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"
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GHSA-M4MV-RMR7-H5F5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-06 01:39 – Updated: 2023-06-06 01:39Impact
A new user can privilege escalation to admin role which least config
Patches
Update to version 10.5.23 or apply this patches manually https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/c8f37b19c99cd82e4e558857d3e4d5476ea7228a.patch
Workarounds
Apply patches manually: https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/c8f37b19c99cd82e4e558857d3e4d5476ea7228a.patch
References
https://huntr.dev/bounties/6b2f33d3-2fd0-4d2d-ad7b-2c1e2417eeb1/
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-05-30T15:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "### Impact\nA new user can privilege escalation to admin role which least config\n\n### Patches\nUpdate to version 10.5.23 or apply this patches manually\nhttps://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/c8f37b19c99cd82e4e558857d3e4d5476ea7228a.patch\n\n### Workarounds\nApply patches manually: https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/c8f37b19c99cd82e4e558857d3e4d5476ea7228a.patch\n\n### References\nhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/6b2f33d3-2fd0-4d2d-ad7b-2c1e2417eeb1/\n",
"id": "GHSA-m4mv-rmr7-h5f5",
"modified": "2023-06-06T01:39:48Z",
"published": "2023-06-06T01:39:48Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/c8f37b19c99cd82e4e558857d3e4d5476ea7228a"
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"url": "https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore"
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"url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/6b2f33d3-2fd0-4d2d-ad7b-2c1e2417eeb1"
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"summary": "Pimcore Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability"
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GHSA-MG9M-C3PR-5P64
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-24 15:30 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:31A vulnerability exists in REB500 for an authenticated user with low-level privileges to access and alter the content of directories by using the DAC protocol that the user is not authorized to do so.
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"CVE-2026-2460"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-24T14:16:23Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability exists in REB500 for an authenticated user with low-level privileges to access and alter the content of directories by using the DAC protocol that the user is not authorized to do so.",
"id": "GHSA-mg9m-c3pr-5p64",
"modified": "2026-02-26T18:31:38Z",
"published": "2026-02-24T15:30:31Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2460"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentID=8DBD000217\u0026LanguageCode=en\u0026DocumentPartId=\u0026Action=Launch"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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"
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}
GHSA-MWGM-J9Q4-3CM5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-28 21:31 – Updated: 2026-01-29 18:31Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Mini site allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mini site: from 0.0.0 before 3.0.2.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-13979"
],
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"CWE-267",
"CWE-79"
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-28T20:16:07Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Mini site allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mini site: from 0.0.0 before 3.0.2.",
"id": "GHSA-mwgm-j9q4-3cm5",
"modified": "2026-01-29T18:31:42Z",
"published": "2026-01-28T21:31:23Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13979"
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"url": "https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-117"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-P976-H52C-26P6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-06 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 15:07Impact
A vulnerability has been identified which enables Standard users or above to elevate their permissions to Administrator in the local cluster.
The local cluster means the cluster where Rancher is installed. It is named local inside the list of clusters in the Rancher UI.
Standard users could leverage their existing permissions to manipulate Kubernetes secrets in the local cluster, resulting in the secret being deleted, but their read-level permissions to the secret being preserved. When this operation was followed-up by other specially crafted commands, it could result in the user gaining access to tokens belonging to service accounts in the local cluster.
Users that have custom global roles which grant create and delete permissions on secrets would also be able to exploit this vulnerability.
Users with audit logs enabled in Rancher can try to identify possible abuses of this issue by going through the logs. To sieve through the data filter by kind: Secret with type: provisioning.cattle.io/cloud-credential, then investigate all log entries that affect that specific resource. A secondary check would be to filter by all operations with Opaque Secrets within the cattle-global-data namespace.
After patching, it is recommended that users review access methods to Rancher (including RBAC policies, tokens, and host-level node access), to ensure that no changes were made to persist access to users who have leveraged this vulnerability.
Patches
Patched versions include releases 2.6.13, 2.7.4 and later versions.
Workarounds
There is no direct mitigation besides updating Rancher to a patched version.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Reach out to the SUSE Rancher Security team for security related inquiries.
- Open an issue in the Rancher repository.
- Verify with our support matrix and product support lifecycle.
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-06-01T13:15:10Z",
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"details": "### Impact\n\nA vulnerability has been identified which enables [Standard users](https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/new-user-guides/authentication-permissions-and-global-configuration/manage-role-based-access-control-rbac/global-permissions) or above to elevate their permissions to Administrator in the `local` cluster.\n\nThe `local` cluster means the cluster where Rancher is installed. It is named `local` inside the list of clusters in the Rancher UI.\n\nStandard users could leverage their existing permissions to manipulate Kubernetes secrets in the `local` cluster, resulting in the secret being deleted, but their read-level permissions to the secret being preserved. When this operation was followed-up by other specially crafted commands, it could result in the user gaining access to tokens belonging to service accounts in the `local` cluster.\n\nUsers that have custom global roles which grant `create` and `delete` permissions on `secrets` would also be able to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nUsers with [audit logs enabled](https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/enable-api-audit-log#enabling-api-audit-log) in Rancher can try to identify possible abuses of this issue by going through the logs. To sieve through the data filter by `kind: Secret` with `type: provisioning.cattle.io/cloud-credential`, then investigate all log entries that affect that specific resource. A secondary check would be to filter by all operations with `Opaque` Secrets within the `cattle-global-data` namespace.\n\nAfter patching, it is recommended that users review access methods to Rancher (including RBAC policies, tokens, and host-level node access), to ensure that no changes were made to persist access to users who have leveraged this vulnerability.\n\n### Patches\n\nPatched versions include releases `2.6.13`, `2.7.4` and later versions. \n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no direct mitigation besides updating Rancher to a patched version.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n- Reach out to the [SUSE Rancher Security team](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/policy) for security related inquiries.\n- Open an issue in the [Rancher](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/new/choose) repository.\n- Verify with our [support matrix](https://www.suse.com/suse-rancher/support-matrix/all-supported-versions/) and [product support lifecycle](https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/).",
"id": "GHSA-p976-h52c-26p6",
"modified": "2024-09-16T15:07:40Z",
"published": "2023-06-06T02:00:28Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-p976-h52c-26p6"
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22647"
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"url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22647"
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"url": "https://github.com/rancher/rancher"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rancher/rancher/releases/tag/v2.6.13"
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"url": "https://github.com/rancher/rancher/releases/tag/v2.7.4"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
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],
"summary": "Rancher vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via manipulation of Secrets"
}
GHSA-PVQ4-GMPQ-27P3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-12 18:31 – Updated: 2024-09-12 18:31A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could have escalated their privileges to include other custom roles.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-8631"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-267"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-09-12T17:15:06Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could have escalated their privileges to include other custom roles.",
"id": "GHSA-pvq4-gmpq-27p3",
"modified": "2024-09-12T18:31:42Z",
"published": "2024-09-12T18:31:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8631"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/2478469"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/462665"
}
],
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-Q382-CG62-9WJF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-02 15:34 – Updated: 2026-09-02 21:32Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Content Moderation Notifications versions: from 0.0.0 to 3.9.0.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-81161"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-267"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-02T13:18:11Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Content Moderation Notifications versions: from 0.0.0 to 3.9.0.",
"id": "GHSA-q382-cg62-9wjf",
"modified": "2026-09-02T21:32:02Z",
"published": "2026-09-02T15:34:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81161"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-107"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-1
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation MIT-17
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
CAPEC-58: Restful Privilege Elevation
An adversary identifies a Rest HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permission method allowing them to perform various malicious actions upon server data due to lack of access control mechanisms implemented within the application service accepting HTTP messages.
CAPEC-634: Probe Audio and Video Peripherals
The adversary exploits the target system's audio and video functionalities through malware or scheduled tasks. The goal is to capture sensitive information about the target for financial, personal, political, or other gains which is accomplished by collecting communication data between two parties via the use of peripheral devices (e.g. microphones and webcams) or applications with audio and video capabilities (e.g. Skype) on a system.
CAPEC-637: Collect Data from Clipboard
The adversary exploits an application that allows for the copying of sensitive data or information by collecting information copied to the clipboard. Data copied to the clipboard can be accessed by other applications, such as malware built to exfiltrate or log clipboard contents on a periodic basis. In this way, the adversary aims to garner information to which they are unauthorized.
CAPEC-643: Identify Shared Files/Directories on System
An adversary discovers connections between systems by exploiting the target system's standard practice of revealing them in searchable, common areas. Through the identification of shared folders/drives between systems, the adversary may further their goals of locating and collecting sensitive information/files, or map potential routes for lateral movement within the network.
CAPEC-648: Collect Data from Screen Capture
An adversary gathers sensitive information by exploiting the system's screen capture functionality. Through screenshots, the adversary aims to see what happens on the screen over the course of an operation. The adversary can leverage information gathered in order to carry out further attacks.