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.
5644 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-37FF-C5MH-PMPM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:34 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:34A logic issue in the firmware of the Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-8691"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-11-12T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A logic issue in the firmware of the Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-37ff-c5mh-pmpm",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:34:10Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:34:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8691"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00380"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-37JW-9HHW-Q8W8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:23 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:23An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Picker Platform improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Picker Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-1363"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-07-14T23:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Picker Platform improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka \u0027Windows Picker Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027.",
"id": "GHSA-37jw-9hhw-q8w8",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:23:00Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:23:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1363"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1363"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-37JW-XGJQ-3FMQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:05 – Updated: 2023-02-02 21:33A flaw was found during the upgrade of an existing OpenShift Container Platform 3.x cluster. Using CRI-O, the dockergc service account is assigned to the current namespace of the user performing the upgrade. This flaw can allow an unprivileged user to escalate their privileges to those allowed by the privileged Security Context Constraints.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-14819"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-266",
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-01-07T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A flaw was found during the upgrade of an existing OpenShift Container Platform 3.x cluster. Using CRI-O, the dockergc service account is assigned to the current namespace of the user performing the upgrade. This flaw can allow an unprivileged user to escalate their privileges to those allowed by the privileged Security Context Constraints.",
"id": "GHSA-37jw-xgjq-3fmq",
"modified": "2023-02-02T21:33:45Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:05:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14819"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2818"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14819"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1746238"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14819"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-37MJ-RP29-9W5H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:08 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:08Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE), prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 respectively, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-5820"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-02-11T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE), prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 respectively, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.",
"id": "GHSA-37mj-rp29-9w5h",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:08:35Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:08:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5820"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-37PJ-HXJ6-843C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-17 18:35 – Updated: 2026-06-17 18:35In SettingsLib, there is a possible way to disable system components due to a logic error in the code. 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-2026-0019"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-17T13:19:25Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In SettingsLib, there is a possible way to disable system components due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.",
"id": "GHSA-37pj-hxj6-843c",
"modified": "2026-06-17T18:35:44Z",
"published": "2026-06-17T18:35:44Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0019"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/android-17"
}
],
"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-37PW-72QC-WMMJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-05 18:30 – Updated: 2023-12-05 18:30An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists in HyperCloud that will impact the ability for a user to authenticate against the management plane.
An authenticated admin-level user may be able to delete the "admin" or "serveradmin" users, which prevents authentication from subsequently succeeding.
This issue affects HyperCloud versions 1.0 to any release before 2.1.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-45083"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-12-05T17:15:07Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists in HyperCloud that will impact the ability for a user to authenticate against the management plane.\n\nAn authenticated admin-level user may be able to delete the \"admin\" or \"serveradmin\" users, which prevents authentication from subsequently succeeding.\n\nThis issue affects HyperCloud versions 1.0 to any release before 2.1.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-37pw-72qc-wmmj",
"modified": "2023-12-05T18:30:23Z",
"published": "2023-12-05T18:30:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45083"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://advisories.softiron.cloud"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-37RH-J478-6H3C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-07-29 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-05 00:00IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation if this could be combined with other unknown vulnerabilities then privilege escalation could be performed. IBM X-Force ID: 216111.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-39088"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-07-28T23:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation if this could be combined with other unknown vulnerabilities then privilege escalation could be performed. IBM X-Force ID: 216111.",
"id": "GHSA-37rh-j478-6h3c",
"modified": "2022-08-05T00:00:30Z",
"published": "2022-07-29T00:00:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39088"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216111"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6607129"
}
],
"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-37RX-4V4J-MMQ7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:41 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:42Vulnerability in the Java Advanced Management Console component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Server). The supported version that is affected is Java Advanced Management Console: 2.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Java Advanced Management Console. While the vulnerability is in Java Advanced Management Console, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java Advanced Management Console accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Java Advanced Management Console accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java Advanced Management Console. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-10104"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-08-08T15:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the Java Advanced Management Console component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Server). The supported version that is affected is Java Advanced Management Console: 2.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Java Advanced Management Console. While the vulnerability is in Java Advanced Management Console, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java Advanced Management Console accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Java Advanced Management Console accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java Advanced Management Console. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).",
"id": "GHSA-37rx-4v4j-mmq7",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:42:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:41:24Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10104"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170720-0001"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99797"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038931"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-37W8-W2XC-R5MG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:06 – Updated: 2022-10-26 12:00In Weidmueller Industrial WLAN devices in multiple versions an exploitable improper access control vulnerability exists in the iw_webs account settings functionality. A specially crafted user name entry can cause the overwrite of an existing user account password, resulting in remote shell access to the device as that user. An attacker can send commands while authenticated as a low privilege user to trigger this vulnerability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-33538"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-06-25T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In Weidmueller Industrial WLAN devices in multiple versions an exploitable improper access control vulnerability exists in the iw_webs account settings functionality. A specially crafted user name entry can cause the overwrite of an existing user account password, resulting in remote shell access to the device as that user. An attacker can send commands while authenticated as a low privilege user to trigger this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-37w8-w2xc-r5mg",
"modified": "2022-10-26T12:00:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:06:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33538"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2021-026"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3854-MFVC-QQ28
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-02 21:32 – Updated: 2026-04-02 21:32A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-44250"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-02T19:18:28Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-3854-mfvc-qq28",
"modified": "2026-04-02T21:32:52Z",
"published": "2026-04-02T21:32:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44250"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/121564"
}
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"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.