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CVE-2026-17601

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Description

A user holding a permission to update privilege definitions could modify a wildcard privilege already assigned to their own role to grant broader permissions than they were authorized to hold, including full administrative access, without any additional authorization check or role reassignment.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.9 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11
Published
2026-08-07 17:17:01.013000
Last modified
2026-10-23 20:10:00.160000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11",
  "published": "2026-08-07T17:17:01.013",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T20:10:00.160",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "A user holding a permission to update privilege definitions could modify a wildcard privilege already assigned to their own role to grant broader permissions than they were authorized to hold, including full administrative access, without any additional authorization check or role reassignment."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Un usuario que posee un permiso para actualizar definiciones de privilegios podría modificar un privilegio comodín ya asignado a su propio rol para otorgar permisos más amplios de los que estaba autorizado a poseer, incluyendo acceso administrativo completo, sin ninguna comprobación de autorización adicional o reasignación de rol."
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