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CVE-2026-85389 (GCVE-0-2026-85389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-03 18:54 – Updated: 2026-09-14 13:50
VLAI
Title
Worklenz before 3.0.0 Authorization Bypass on Task-Scoped Endpoints
Summary
Worklenz before 3.0.0 fails to verify task ownership by organization when resolving task-scoped API endpoints, allowing authenticated users to access another tenant's task data. Attackers can query task endpoints with arbitrary task UUIDs to retrieve work logs, comments, attachments, and project insights belonging to other organizations.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 13:04 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Worklenz worklenz Affected: 0 , < 3.0.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 3.0.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:worklenz:worklenz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-07-06 00:00
Credits
George Chen
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