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.
6487 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-4WWX-9CQC-H3F9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-15 21:32 – Updated: 2026-09-15 21:32Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.26.0.000. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-15T20:19:13Z",
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"details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.26.0.000. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-4wwx-9cqc-h3f9",
"modified": "2026-09-15T21:32:59Z",
"published": "2026-09-15T21:32:58Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87247"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html"
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GHSA-4WXH-FPJF-C8WF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-08 21:30 – Updated: 2026-07-31 15:32An issue was found in CPython 3.12.0 subprocess module on POSIX platforms. The issue was fixed in CPython 3.12.1 and does not affect other stable releases.
When using the extra_groups= parameter with an empty list as a value (ie extra_groups=[]) the logic regressed to not call setgroups(0, NULL) before calling exec(), thus not dropping the original processes' groups before starting the new process. There is no issue when the parameter isn't used or when any value is used besides an empty list.
This issue only impacts CPython processes run with sufficient privilege to make the setgroups system call (typically root).
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"details": "An issue was found in CPython 3.12.0 `subprocess` module on POSIX platforms. The issue was fixed in CPython 3.12.1 and does not affect other stable releases.\n\nWhen using the `extra_groups=` parameter with an empty list as a value (ie `extra_groups=[]`) the logic regressed to not call `setgroups(0, NULL)` before calling `exec()`, thus not dropping the original processes\u0027 groups before starting the new process. There is no issue when the parameter isn\u0027t used or when any value is used besides an empty list.\n\nThis issue only impacts CPython processes run with sufficient privilege to make the `setgroups` system call (typically `root`).",
"id": "GHSA-4wxh-fpjf-c8wf",
"modified": "2026-07-31T15:32:04Z",
"published": "2023-12-08T21:30:30Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6507"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/112334"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/112617"
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"url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/10e9bb13b8dcaa414645b9bd10718d8f7179e82b"
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"url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/85bbfa8a4bbdbb61a3a84fbd7cb29a4096ab8a06"
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"url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9fe7655c6ce0b8e9adc229daf681b6d30e6b1610"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/AUL7QFHBLILGISS7U63B47AYSSGJJQZD"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-4X5W-CX28-862G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-27 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:54Permission control vulnerability in the audio module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause several apps to be activated automatically.
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"details": "Permission control vulnerability in the audio module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause several apps to be activated automatically.",
"id": "GHSA-4x5w-cx28-862g",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:54:14Z",
"published": "2023-09-27T15:30:37Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41312"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/9"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202309-0000001638925158"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-4X62-HPQM-W7CR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:07 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:07IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0, under specialized conditions, could allow an authenticated user to create a maliciously crafted file name which would be misinterpreted as jsp content and executed. IBM X-Force ID: 174397.
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-02-04T17:15:00Z",
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"details": "IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0, under specialized conditions, could allow an authenticated user to create a maliciously crafted file name which would be misinterpreted as jsp content and executed. IBM X-Force ID: 174397.",
"id": "GHSA-4x62-hpqm-w7cr",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:07:58Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:07:58Z",
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"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174397"
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"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1288786"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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GHSA-4X6W-78CR-J4XH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-17 09:31 – Updated: 2024-05-17 09:31Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in miniOrange WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn): from n/a through 7.6.6.
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"details": "Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in miniOrange WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn): from n/a through 7.6.6.",
"id": "GHSA-4x6w-78cr-j4xh",
"modified": "2024-05-17T09:31:01Z",
"published": "2024-05-17T09:31:01Z",
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"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/miniorange-login-openid/wordpress-social-login-social-sharing-by-miniorange-plugin-7-6-6-authenticated-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-4X6X-WGR7-8M4F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:46 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:46This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.
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"id": "GHSA-4x6x-wgr7-8m4f",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:46:13Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:46:13Z",
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011"
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GHSA-4XF3-WPM7-J6C9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:08 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:08An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0753.
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-02-11T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files, aka \u0027Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0753.",
"id": "GHSA-4xf3-wpm7-j6c9",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:08:34Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:08:34Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0754"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0754"
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GHSA-4XH5-JCJ2-CH8Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-21 22:23 – Updated: 2026-01-22 15:40A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Flux Operator Web UI authentication code that allows an attacker to bypass Kubernetes RBAC impersonation and execute API requests with the operator's service account privileges.
After OIDC token claims are processed through CEL expressions, there is no validation that the resulting username and groups values are non-empty. When both values are empty, the Kubernetes client-go library does not add impersonation headers to API requests, causing them to be executed with the flux-operator service account's credentials instead of the authenticated user's limited permissions.
Impact
- Privilege Escalation: Any authenticated user can escalate to operator-level read permissions and perform suspend/resume/reconcile actions
- Data Exposure: Unauthorized read access to Flux resources across all namespaces, bypassing RBAC restrictions
- Information Disclosure: View sensitive GitOps pipeline configurations, source URLs, and deployment status across the entire cluster
Attack Scenario
Prerequisite: Cluster admins must configure the Flux Operator with an OIDC provider that issues tokens lacking the expected claims (e.g., email, groups), or configure custom CEL expressions that can evaluate to empty values.
- Cluster admin configures OIDC authentication with a provider that does not include
emailorgroupsclaims in tokens - User authenticates with a valid token from that provider
- The default CEL expressions evaluate to empty values:
- Username:
has(claims.email) ? claims.email : ''→"" - Groups:
has(claims.groups) ? claims.groups : []→[] - Authentication succeeds (token signature is valid)
- A userClient is created with empty impersonation config
- All subsequent API requests bypass impersonation and execute as the flux-operator service account
- User gains operator-level read access across all namespaces
Patches
This vulnerability was fixed in Flux Operator v0.40.0.
Workarounds
The workaround is to make the email and groups claims required in the web config impersonation section.
Example config:
apiVersion: web.fluxcd.controlplane.io/v1
kind: Config
spec:
baseURL: https://flux.example.com
authentication:
type: OAuth2
oauth2:
provider: OIDC
clientID: "<redacted>"
clientSecret: "<redacted>"
issuerURL: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/<redacted>/v2.0"
scopes: [openid, profile, email, offline_access]
impersonation:
username: claims.email
groups: claims.groups
References
See the Pull Request fixing this vulnerability https://github.com/controlplaneio-fluxcd/flux-operator/pull/610
Credits
This vulnerability was discovered by the Flux Operator maintainers during a debugging session with end-users.
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"details": "A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Flux Operator Web UI authentication code that allows an attacker to bypass Kubernetes RBAC impersonation and execute API requests with the operator\u0027s service account privileges.\n\nAfter OIDC token claims are processed through CEL expressions, there is no validation that the resulting `username` and `groups` values are non-empty. When both values are empty, the Kubernetes client-go library does not add impersonation headers to API requests, causing them to be executed with the flux-operator service account\u0027s credentials instead of the authenticated user\u0027s limited permissions.\n\n### Impact\n\n- **Privilege Escalation**: Any authenticated user can escalate to operator-level read permissions and perform suspend/resume/reconcile actions\n- **Data Exposure**: Unauthorized read access to Flux resources across all namespaces, bypassing RBAC restrictions\n- **Information Disclosure**: View sensitive GitOps pipeline configurations, source URLs, and deployment status across the entire cluster\n\n### Attack Scenario\n\n**Prerequisite**: Cluster admins must configure the Flux Operator with an OIDC provider that issues tokens lacking the expected claims (e.g., `email`, `groups`), or configure custom CEL expressions that can evaluate to empty values.\n\n1. Cluster admin configures OIDC authentication with a provider that does not include `email` or `groups` claims in tokens\n2. User authenticates with a valid token from that provider\n3. The default CEL expressions evaluate to empty values:\n - Username: `has(claims.email) ? claims.email : \u0027\u0027` \u2192 `\"\"`\n - Groups: `has(claims.groups) ? claims.groups : []` \u2192 `[]`\n4. Authentication succeeds (token signature is valid)\n5. A userClient is created with empty impersonation config\n6. All subsequent API requests bypass impersonation and execute as the flux-operator service account\n7. User gains operator-level read access across all namespaces\n\n### Patches\n\nThis vulnerability was fixed in Flux Operator v0.40.0.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThe workaround is to make the `email` and `groups` claims required in the web config `impersonation` section.\n\nExample config:\n\n```yaml\napiVersion: web.fluxcd.controlplane.io/v1\nkind: Config\nspec:\n baseURL: https://flux.example.com\n authentication:\n type: OAuth2\n oauth2:\n provider: OIDC\n clientID: \"\u003credacted\u003e\"\n clientSecret: \"\u003credacted\u003e\"\n issuerURL: \"https://login.microsoftonline.com/\u003credacted\u003e/v2.0\"\n scopes: [openid, profile, email, offline_access]\n impersonation:\n username: claims.email\n groups: claims.groups\n```\n\n### References\n\nSee the Pull Request fixing this vulnerability https://github.com/controlplaneio-fluxcd/flux-operator/pull/610 \n\n### Credits\n\nThis vulnerability was discovered by the Flux Operator maintainers during a debugging session with end-users.",
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"modified": "2026-01-22T15:40:22Z",
"published": "2026-01-21T22:23:33Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/controlplaneio-fluxcd/flux-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-4xh5-jcj2-ch8q"
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"url": "https://github.com/controlplaneio-fluxcd/flux-operator/releases/tag/v0.40.0"
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"summary": "Flux Operator Web UI Impersonation Bypass via Empty OIDC Claims"
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GHSA-4XJC-QQH2-PGWJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-02 00:00 – Updated: 2022-04-27 00:00The AMDPowerProfiler.sys driver of AMD ?Prof tool may allow lower privileged users to access MSRs in kernel which may lead to privilege escalation and ring-0 code execution by the lower privileged user.
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"nvd_published_at": "2021-12-01T16:15:00Z",
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"details": "The AMDPowerProfiler.sys driver of AMD ?Prof tool may allow lower privileged users to access MSRs in kernel which may lead to privilege escalation and ring-0 code execution by the lower privileged user.",
"id": "GHSA-4xjc-qqh2-pgwj",
"modified": "2022-04-27T00:00:50Z",
"published": "2021-12-02T00:00:37Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26334"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1016"
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GHSA-4XPH-HCW4-77X7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-14 18:30 – Updated: 2025-02-14 21:31An issue in Orbe ONetView Roeador Onet-1200 Orbe 1680210096 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the servers response from status code 500 to status code 200.
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"details": "An issue in Orbe ONetView Roeador Onet-1200 Orbe 1680210096 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the servers response from status code 500 to status code 200.",
"id": "GHSA-4xph-hcw4-77x7",
"modified": "2025-02-14T21:31:04Z",
"published": "2025-02-14T18:30:51Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57778"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/KUK3N4N/CVE-2024-57778"
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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.