CVE-2026-85389

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-03. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

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.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 3, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Sep 3, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_release.
generic

Worklenz before 3.0.0 Authorization Bypass on Task-Scoped Endpoints | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/worklenz-before-3.0.0-authorization-bypass-on-task-scoped-endpoints
github_release Patch Available

v3.0.0

Patch available: Worklenz/worklenz v3.0.0

https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/releases/tag/v3.0.0
generic

worklenz/worklenz-backend/src/middlewares/verify-task-access.ts at v3.0.0 · Worklenz/worklenz · GitHub

https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/blob/v3.0.0/worklenz-backend/src/middlewares/verify-task-access.ts
generic

GitHub - Worklenz/worklenz: All in one project management tool for efficient teams · GitHub

https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz
generic

Cross-Tenant IDOR -- Any Authenticated User Reads Another Organization's Task Data · Issue #396 · Worklenz/worklenz · GitHub

https://github.com/Worklenz/worklenz/issues/396

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-85389(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 50× 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. 2026-09-21 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-21 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-19 23:15 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-19 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 21:54 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-18 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-17 20:33 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-17 20:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-16 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 15:54 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-15 15:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-14 14:32 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-14 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-14 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-14 14:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-14 04:54 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-14 04:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-13 03:33 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-13 03:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-12 02:11 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-12 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-11 00:49 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-11 00:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-09 23:27 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-09 23:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-08 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-08 00:51 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-08 00:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-06 23:29 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-06 23:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-05 22:07 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-05 22:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-04 20:46 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-04 20:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-03 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-03 18:59 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-03 18:58 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-85389?
CVE-2026-85389 is a medium vulnerability published on September 3, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-85389 disclosed?
CVE-2026-85389 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 3, 2026, with the most recent update on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-85389 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-85389 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 82.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-85389?
CVE-2026-85389 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-85389?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-85389, 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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