CVE-2026-16772

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-14. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In Akaunting versions <= 3.1.21, low‑privileged authenticated users can modify their own account to assign themselves the admin role ID, granting full administrator privileges. This vulnerability is caused by a flaw in the UpdateUser job, which processes user-supplied role assignments via an unconditional roles()->sync() call without verifying whether the caller is authorized to manage roles. Users only require the default update-auth-profile permission to access the self-update path and assign themselves as admins. The API endpoints are properly permission‑gated and are not affected by this issue.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EG Risk
52(Track*)
EG Risk 52/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
10%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 14, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16772(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 32× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 04:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 04:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 16:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 03:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 14:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-19 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-18 00:35 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-18 00:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-17 11:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 23:07 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-16 10:24 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-16 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-15 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 09:01 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-15 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-14 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-14 19:54 UTCEG score recompute▲ 8.10
  3. 2026-08-14 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-14 19:53 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.1 · severity → HIGH
  5. 2026-08-14 16:31 UTCNVD update
  6. 2026-08-14 15:39 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-14 15:38 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16772?
CVE-2026-16772 is a high vulnerability published on August 14, 2026. In Akaunting versions <= 3.1.21, low‑privileged authenticated users can modify their own account to assign themselves the admin role ID, granting full administrator privileges. This vulnerability is caused by a flaw in the UpdateUser job, which processes user-supplied role assignments via an…
When was CVE-2026-16772 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16772 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16772 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16772 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 89.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16772?
CVE-2026-16772 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16772?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16772, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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