CVE-2026-62233

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

grav-plugin-api before 1.0.6 fails to validate super-admin status in createApiKey, generate2fa, and disable2fa endpoints, allowing non-super api.users.write managers to escalate to super-admin. Attackers can mint API keys bound to super-admin accounts or strip 2FA from super-admin users to achieve full instance takeover.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: 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
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
15.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 17, 2026

Last Modified

July 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

grav-plugin-api < 1.0.6 Privilege Escalation via createApiKey | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/grav-plugin-api-privilege-escalation-via-createapikey
github Patch Available

Privilege escalation in grav-plugin-api: non-super api.users.write manager -> super-admin via createApiKey (incomplete fix of GHSA-p97c); + 2FA strip of super · Advisory · getgrav/grav · GitHub

https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-8gg4-rvvv-cq96

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-62233(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 16× in last 7d / 16× 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. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 03:21 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-18 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-18 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-17 06:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-17 00:25 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-17 00:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-62233?
CVE-2026-62233 is a high vulnerability published on July 17, 2026. grav-plugin-api before 1.0.6 fails to validate super-admin status in createApiKey, generate2fa, and disable2fa endpoints, allowing non-super api.users.write managers to escalate to super-admin. Attackers can mint API keys bound to super-admin accounts or strip 2FA from super-admin users to achieve…
When was CVE-2026-62233 disclosed?
CVE-2026-62233 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-62233 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-62233 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 15.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-62233?
CVE-2026-62233 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-62233?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-62233, 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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