CVE-2026-81818 (GCVE-0-2026-81818)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 13:14 – Updated: 2026-08-27 19:42
VLAI
Title
Flowintel Organization Administrator Can Reset Full Administrator Password and Escalate Privileges
Summary
Affected versions of Flowintel contain an authorization flaw in the administrative user-edit API. The existing authorization check correctly prevented an organization administrator from editing users in another organization, but it did not prevent them from editing a full administrator within their own organization. As a result, an org admin could modify that full administrator account, including changing its password. The upstream commit explicitly describes the issue as: “Org admin can change the password of a full admin in the same organization.” The fix adds a higher-privilege boundary check: if user_to_edit.is_admin(): return ... 403 so organization administrators can no longer modify full administrator accounts. Version impacted >=3.3.0
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-27 19:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
flowintel flowintel Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.3.0 (semver)
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Credits
Jeroen Pinoy David Cruciani
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