Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE-250
AllowedExecution with Unnecessary Privileges
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
627 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
CVE-2026-89259 (GCVE-0-2026-89259)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 11:15 – Updated: 2026-09-11 20:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Hugo before v0.165.0 Insufficient Permission Restriction via TailwindCSS
Summary
Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.161.0, Hugo executes Node tools under Node's permission model, but TailwindCSS — included in the default security.exec.allow list — requires a highly permissive configuration (--allow-addons, --allow-child-process, --allow-worker). As a result, the restrictions intended by the fix for GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 could still be bypassed, allowing a Node tool invoked during a build to read and write files outside the project's working directory. Affected versions are those after v0.43; the issue was fixed in v0.165.0 by removing tailwindcss from the default security.exec.allow list. Users who do not use TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. As a workaround, users can define a restrictive security.exec.allow list in hugo.toml.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-11 17:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisor… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-before-… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-08-27 00:00
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CVE-2026-83534 (GCVE-0-2026-83534)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-06 15:25 – Updated: 2026-09-09 04:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
PostgreSQL Anonymizer: Privilege escalation to superuser via anon.anonymize_database_parallel()
Summary
PostgreSQL Anonymizer contains a vulnerability in the anon.anonymize_database_parallel() function that allows the owner of a table to run arbitrary code with superuser privilege. The issue is fixed in PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.2.0 and later versions
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALIBO | PostgreSQL Anonymizer |
Affected:
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(semver)
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CVE-2026-80238 (GCVE-0-2026-80238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-07 12:58 – Updated: 2026-09-08 13:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass. This vulnerability is considered critical because a low-privileged operator with SSH access to the SCG host can gain root-level access to the host without requiring a password by leveraging the exposed Docker socket. Additionally, an attacker who compromises a service running within the orchestrator container can access the same socket and escape the container boundary to obtain host-level control. Dell recommends that customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 13:13 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/00050342… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
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| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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Affected:
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(semver)
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Affected:
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Date Public
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CVE-2026-79942 (GCVE-0-2026-79942)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-09 15:18 – Updated: 2026-09-09 15:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-09 15:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
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Affected:
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CVE-2026-72654 (GCVE-0-2026-72654)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-01 19:20 – Updated: 2026-09-01 19:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure
Summary
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in the Kibana machine learning feature can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An operation available to users holding only read access to the machine learning feature was performed with an internal service identity rather than the identity of the requesting user. Such a user could therefore receive data from Elasticsearch indices they are not authorized to read. No Elasticsearch cluster or index privileges are required.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-01 19:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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CVE-2026-72508 (GCVE-0-2026-72508)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 19:41 – Updated: 2026-09-05 14:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Multicloud-operators-subscription: multicloud-operators-subscription: hub and spoke serviceaccounts bound to wildcard rbac (*/*/*)
Summary
A flaw was found in the multicloud-operators-subscription component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM). This vulnerability allows a namespace-admin tenant to perform a confused-deputy attack by creating Subscription Custom Resources (CRs) that leverage a highly privileged ServiceAccount (SA). This enables the tenant to deploy arbitrary cluster-scoped resources, leading to privilege escalation and potential arbitrary code execution across the cluster.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-13 14:15 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
8 references
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Unaffected:
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Date Public
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CVE-2026-71846 (GCVE-0-2026-71846)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 21:46 – Updated: 2026-09-05 17:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Insights-client: insights-client: clusterrole grants cluster-wide secrets get/list/watch beyond least privilege
Summary
A flaw was found in insights-client. The component's ServiceAccount is bound to a ClusterRole granting cluster-wide secrets get, list, and watch permissions, while the code only requires access to a single specific Secret. This excessive privilege means that a compromise of the insights-client pod or ServiceAccount token would grant an attacker read access to all Secrets across the hub cluster, including managed-cluster kubeconfigs and other sensitive credentials.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 17:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
8 references
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71846 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512569 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
6 products
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 |
Unaffected:
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 |
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 |
Unaffected:
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 |
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 |
Unaffected:
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 |
Unaffected:
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Date Public
2026-08-12 20:00
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CVE-2026-70496 (GCVE-0-2026-70496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 18:16 – Updated: 2026-09-05 14:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Search-v2-operator: search-v2-operator: operator clusterrole is cluster-admin equivalent via impersonate, rbac write, csr approve, and manifestwork
Summary
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Severity
9.9 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-25 03:37 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
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Impacted products
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 |
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 |
Unaffected:
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|
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Unaffected:
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|
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Unaffected:
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 |
Unaffected:
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|
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|
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Unaffected:
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 |
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Date Public
2026-08-19 15:00
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CVE-2026-69464 (GCVE-0-2026-69464)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 17:17 – Updated: 2026-09-14 22:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Microsoft Office SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Execution with unnecessary privileges in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-09 04:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi… | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
1 product
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| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition |
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CVE-2026-69409 (GCVE-0-2026-69409)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 17:17 – Updated: 2026-09-14 22:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Microsoft Office SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Summary
Execution with unnecessary privileges in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 19:45 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
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Mitigation MIT-17
Architecture and Design
Operation
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.
Mitigation MIT-18
Architecture and Design
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code [REF-76]. Raise privileges as late as possible, and drop them as soon as possible to avoid CWE-271. Avoid weaknesses such as CWE-288 and CWE-420 by protecting all possible communication channels that could interact with the privileged code, such as a secondary socket that is only intended to be accessed by administrators.
Mitigation MIT-18
Architecture and Design
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code [REF-76]. Raise privileges as late as possible, and drop them as soon as possible to avoid CWE-271. Avoid weaknesses such as CWE-288 and CWE-420 by protecting all possible communication channels that could interact with the privileged code, such as a secondary socket that is only intended to be accessed by administrators.
Mitigation
Implementation
Perform extensive input validation for any privileged code that must be exposed to the user and reject anything that does not fit your strict requirements.
Mitigation MIT-19
Implementation
When dropping privileges, ensure that they have been dropped successfully to avoid CWE-273. As protection mechanisms in the environment get stronger, privilege-dropping calls may fail even if it seems like they would always succeed.
Mitigation
Implementation
If circumstances force you to run with extra privileges, then determine the minimum access level necessary. First identify the different permissions that the software and its users will need to perform their actions, such as file read and write permissions, network socket permissions, and so forth. Then explicitly allow those actions while denying all else [REF-76]. Perform extensive input validation and canonicalization to minimize the chances of introducing a separate vulnerability. This mitigation is much more prone to error than dropping the privileges in the first place.
Mitigation MIT-37
Operation
System Configuration
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Ensure that the software runs properly under the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) [REF-199] or an equivalent hardening configuration guide, which many organizations use to limit the attack surface and potential risk of deployed software.
CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting
An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security.
CAPEC-470: Expanding Control over the Operating System from the Database
An attacker is able to leverage access gained to the database to read / write data to the file system, compromise the operating system, create a tunnel for accessing the host machine, and use this access to potentially attack other machines on the same network as the database machine. Traditionally SQL injections attacks are viewed as a way to gain unauthorized read access to the data stored in the database, modify the data in the database, delete the data, etc. However, almost every data base management system (DBMS) system includes facilities that if compromised allow an attacker complete access to the file system, operating system, and full access to the host running the database. The attacker can then use this privileged access to launch subsequent attacks. These facilities include dropping into a command shell, creating user defined functions that can call system level libraries present on the host machine, stored procedures, etc.
CAPEC-69: Target Programs with Elevated Privileges
This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The adversary tries to leverage a vulnerability in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges.