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GHSA-Q537-QHJ4-WCJX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-28 18:08 – Updated: 2026-05-28 18:08

Summary

OpenCTI: Privilege escalation via graphQL API is abusable by organization admins, due to incorrect ACL on userEdit relationAdd

Details

Summary

An organization admin can escalate their privileges by adding a user from a different organization with higher privileges, to their own organization.

Impact

Full platform access, access to sensitive or proprietary information.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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      },
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  "id": "GHSA-q537-qhj4-wcjx",
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  "published": "2026-05-28T18:08:59Z",
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}

CVE-2026-44730 (GCVE-0-2026-44730)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 17:03 – Updated: 2026-05-28 14:02

Title

OpenCTI: Privilege escalation via graphQL API abusable by organization admins, due to incorrect ACL on userEdit relationAdd

Summary

OpenCTI is an open source platform for managing cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. Prior to 6.9.7, an organization admin can escalate their privileges by adding a user from a different organization with higher privileges, to their own organization. This is due to incorrect ACL on userEdit relationAdd. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.9.7.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-28 14:02 UTC

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/OpenCTI-Platform/opencti/secur…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OpenCTI-Platform	opencti	Affected: < 6.9.7

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PYSEC-2026-167

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-05-26 18:16 - Updated: 2026-05-28 10:28

Details

Severity

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impacted products

Name	purl
pycti	pkg:pypi/pycti

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  "id": "PYSEC-2026-167",
  "modified": "2026-05-28T10:28:40.168078Z",
  "published": "2026-05-26T18:16:51.023Z",
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CVE-2026-44730 (GCVE-0-2026-44730)

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