CWE-269
DiscouragedImproper Privilege Management
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
5457 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-QW4W-C724-67FX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-27 06:31 – Updated: 2025-06-27 21:30An issue in NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd NeacSafe64 Driver before v1.0.0.8 allows attackers to escalate privileges via sending crafted IOCTL commands to the NeacSafe64.sys component.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-45737"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-27T05:15:33Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue in NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd NeacSafe64 Driver before v1.0.0.8 allows attackers to escalate privileges via sending crafted IOCTL commands to the NeacSafe64.sys component.",
"id": "GHSA-qw4w-c724-67fx",
"modified": "2025-06-27T21:30:28Z",
"published": "2025-06-27T06:31:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-45737"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/za233/NeacController"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-QW85-9JJ4-RW5G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:05 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:05ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard, v prior to 2.2,The affected products contain insecure filesystem permissions that could allow a lower privilege user to escalate privileges to an administrative level user.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-27483"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-732"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-06-16T13:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard, v prior to 2.2,The affected products contain insecure filesystem permissions that could allow a lower privilege user to escalate privileges to an administrative level user.",
"id": "GHSA-qw85-9jj4-rw5g",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:05:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:05:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27483"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-21-161-01"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QW8W-2G6W-J99H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:07 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:07KramerAV VIAWare, all tested versions, allow privilege escalation through misconfiguration of sudo. Sudoers permits running of multiple dangerous commands, including unzip, systemctl and dpkg.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-35064"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-07-12T12:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "KramerAV VIAWare, all tested versions, allow privilege escalation through misconfiguration of sudo. Sudoers permits running of multiple dangerous commands, including unzip, systemctl and dpkg.",
"id": "GHSA-qw8w-2g6w-j99h",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:07:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:07:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35064"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.kramerav.com/us/product/viaware"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166623/Kramer-VIAware-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QWG2-W2JV-5HP7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-15 00:31 – Updated: 2024-04-04 06:56In readFrom of Uri.java, there is a possible bad URI permission grant due to improper input validation. 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-2023-21272"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20",
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-08-14T22:15:12Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In readFrom of Uri.java, there is a possible bad URI permission grant due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-qwg2-w2jv-5hp7",
"modified": "2024-04-04T06:56:39Z",
"published": "2023-08-15T00:31:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21272"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/4dea696369a309cf39daa3e94fec7156c290a9c2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QWG6-3649-6Q47
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:33 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:33Protection mechanism failure in some Intel(R) Thunderbolt(TM) DCH drivers for Windows* before version 72 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-12324"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-11-12T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Protection mechanism failure in some Intel(R) Thunderbolt(TM) DCH drivers for Windows* before version 72 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-qwg6-3649-6q47",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:33:33Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:33:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12324"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00422"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-QWGC-RR35-H4X9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-09 18:16 – Updated: 2024-09-18 18:44Details
The external-secrets has a deployment called default-external-secrets-cert-controller, which is bound with a same-name ClusterRole. This ClusterRole has "get/list" verbs of secrets resources(https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/blob/main/deploy/charts/external-secrets/templates/cert-controller-rbac.yaml#L49). It also has path/update verb of validatingwebhookconfigurations resources(https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/blob/main/deploy/charts/external-secrets/templates/cert-controller-rbac.yaml#L27). As a result, if a malicious user can access the worker node which has this deployment. he/she can: 1. For the "get/list secrets" permission, he/she can abuse the SA token of this deployment to retrieve or get ALL secrets in the whole cluster, including the cluster-admin secret if created. After that, he/she can abuse the cluster-admin secret to do whatever he/she likes to the whole cluster, resulting in a cluster-level privilege escalation.
- For the patch/update verb of validatingwebhookconfigurations, the malicious user can abuse these permissions to get sensitive data or lanuch DoS attacks:
For the privilege escalation attack, by updating/patching a Webhook to make it listen to Secret update operations, the attacker can capture and log all data from requests attempting to update Secrets. More specifically, when a Secret is updated, this Webhook sends the request data to the logging-service, which can then log the content of the Secret. This way, an attacker could indirectly gain access to the full contents of the Secret.
For the DoS attack, by updating/patching a Webhook, and making it deny all Pod create and update requests, the attacker can prevent any new Pods from being created or existing Pods from being updated, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.
PoC
Please see the "Details" section
Impact
Privilege escalation
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
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"fixed": "0.10.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-45041"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-732"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-09-09T18:16:22Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-09-09T15:15:11Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Details\nThe external-secrets has a deployment called default-external-secrets-cert-controller, which is bound with a same-name ClusterRole. This ClusterRole has \"get/list\" verbs of secrets resources(https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/blob/main/deploy/charts/external-secrets/templates/cert-controller-rbac.yaml#L49). It also has path/update verb of validatingwebhookconfigurations resources(https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/blob/main/deploy/charts/external-secrets/templates/cert-controller-rbac.yaml#L27). As a result, if a malicious user can access the worker node which has this deployment. he/she can:\n1. For the \"get/list secrets\" permission, he/she can abuse the SA token of this deployment to retrieve or get ALL secrets in the whole cluster, including the cluster-admin secret if created. After that, he/she can abuse the cluster-admin secret to do whatever he/she likes to the whole cluster, resulting in a cluster-level privilege escalation.\n\n2. For the patch/update verb of validatingwebhookconfigurations, the malicious user can abuse these permissions to get sensitive data or lanuch DoS attacks:\n\nFor the privilege escalation attack, by updating/patching a Webhook to make it listen to Secret update operations, the attacker can capture and log all data from requests attempting to update Secrets. More specifically, when a Secret is updated, this Webhook sends the request data to the logging-service, which can then log the content of the Secret. This way, an attacker could indirectly gain access to the full contents of the Secret.\n\nFor the DoS attack, by updating/patching a Webhook, and making it deny all Pod create and update requests, the attacker can prevent any new Pods from being created or existing Pods from being updated, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.\n\n### PoC\nPlease see the \"Details\" section\n\n### Impact\nPrivilege escalation",
"id": "GHSA-qwgc-rr35-h4x9",
"modified": "2024-09-18T18:44:47Z",
"published": "2024-09-09T18:16:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-qwgc-rr35-h4x9"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45041"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/0368b9806f660fa6bc52cbbf3c6ccdb27c58bb35"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/428a452fd2ad45935312f2c2c0d40bc37ce6e67c"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/blob/main/deploy/charts/external-secrets/templates/cert-controller-rbac.yaml#L27"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/blob/main/deploy/charts/external-secrets/templates/cert-controller-rbac.yaml#L49"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3126"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "External Secrets Operator vulnerable to privilege escalation"
}
GHSA-QWGX-P5HH-8F93
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:56 – Updated: 2024-04-04 01:58The admin-management-xtended plugin before 2.4.0.1 for WordPress has privilege escalation because wp_ajax functions are mishandled.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-9390"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-09-20T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The admin-management-xtended plugin before 2.4.0.1 for WordPress has privilege escalation because wp_ajax functions are mishandled.",
"id": "GHSA-qwgx-p5hh-8f93",
"modified": "2024-04-04T01:58:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:56:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9390"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.szurek.pl/admin-management-xtended-240-privilege-escalation.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-management-xtended/#developers"
}
],
"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-QWH4-XPPM-94F5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-11 09:30 – Updated: 2025-03-11 09:30Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ZTE GoldenDB allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects GoldenDB: from 6.1.03 through 6.1.03.05.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-26704"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-11T07:15:34Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ZTE GoldenDB allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects GoldenDB: from 6.1.03 through 6.1.03.05.",
"id": "GHSA-qwh4-xppm-94f5",
"modified": "2025-03-11T09:30:30Z",
"published": "2025-03-11T09:30:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26704"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.zte.com.cn/zte-iccp-isupport-webui/bulletin/detail/6999218053484646494"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QWH7-HQ65-XWRR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-23 21:30 – Updated: 2024-09-24 00:31Ubiquiti AirMax firmware version firmware version 8 allows attackers with physical access to gain a privileged command shell via the UART Debugging Port.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-44540"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-09-23T20:15:05Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Ubiquiti AirMax firmware version firmware version 8 allows attackers with physical access to gain a privileged command shell via the UART Debugging Port.",
"id": "GHSA-qwh7-hq65-xwrr",
"modified": "2024-09-24T00:31:31Z",
"published": "2024-09-23T21:30:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44540"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bypass-de-login-en-airmax-ubiquiti-usando-uart-paso-tillerias-ley-hk1gf"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QWHQ-4565-GVHG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:38 – Updated: 2022-07-13 00:00In several functions of GlobalScreenshot.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to an unsafe PendingIntent. This could lead to local information disclosure of the user's contacts with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android; Versions: Android-10, Android-8.0, Android-8.1, Android-9; Android ID: A-162738636.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-0304"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-01-11T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In several functions of GlobalScreenshot.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to an unsafe PendingIntent. This could lead to local information disclosure of the user\u0027s contacts with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android; Versions: Android-10, Android-8.0, Android-8.1, Android-9; Android ID: A-162738636.",
"id": "GHSA-qwhq-4565-gvhg",
"modified": "2022-07-13T00:00:58Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:38:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0304"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-01-01"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
Mitigation MIT-1
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation MIT-48
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
Mitigation MIT-49
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
CAPEC-122: Privilege Abuse
An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources.
CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation
An adversary exploits a weakness enabling them to elevate their privilege and perform an action that they are not supposed to be authorized to perform.
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.