Privilege escalation to platform admin in OpenCTI-Platform through broken access control in API
Disclosure Status
disclosed
August 19, 2026
August 19, 2026
Description
Finding
An organization admin can escalate their privileges by adding a user from a different organization with higher privileges, to their own organization.
Impact
Full platform access, access to sensitive or proprietary information.
Patches
Yes, users should upgrade to at least version 6.9.7 .
References
https://github.com/OpenCTI-Platform/opencti/security/advisories/GHSA-q537-qhj4-wcjx