CWE-269— Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.— MITRE CWE catalog
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- CVE-2026-60371HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02026-07-22
Vulnerability in the Oracle Platform Security for Java product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Centralized Thirdparty Jars). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability a…
- CVE-2026-55225HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02026-06-18
Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, an attacker who can create a Kafka custom resource can set Kafka.spec.entityOperator watch…
- CVE-2025-33188HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02025-11-25
NVIDIA DGX Spark GB10 contains a vulnerability in hardware resources where an attacker could tamper with hardware controls. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure, data tampering, or denial of servi…
- CVE-2025-54761HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02025-09-19
An issue was discovered in PPress 0.0.9 allowing attackers to gain escilated privlidges via crafted session cookie.
- CVE-2025-52289HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02025-07-31
A Broken Access Control vulnerability in MagnusBilling v7.8.5.3 allows newly registered users to gain escalated privileges by sending a crafted request to /mbilling/index.php/user/save to set their account status fom "pending" to "active" …
- CVE-2023-52209HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-08-01
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WPForms, LLC. WPForms User Registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WPForms User Registration: from n/a through 2.1.0.
- CVE-2024-37560HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-07-12
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in IqbalRony WP User Switch allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP User Switch: from n/a through 1.1.0.
- CVE-2023-47683HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-05-17
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in miniOrange WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter…
- CVE-2023-50957HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-02-10
IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service 2.0 could allow a privileged user to perform unauthorized actions after obtaining encrypted data from clear text key storage. IBM X-Force ID: 275783.
- CVE-2023-7080HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02023-12-29
The V8 inspector intentionally allows arbitrary code execution within the Workers sandbox for debugging. wrangler dev would previously start an inspector server listening on all network interfaces. This would allow an attacker on the local…
- CVE-2023-47629HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02023-11-14
DataHub is an open-source metadata platform. In affected versions sign-up through an invite link does not properly restrict users from signing up as privileged accounts. If a user is given an email sign-up link they can potentially create …
- CVE-2023-3467HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02023-07-19
Privilege Escalation to root administrator (nsroot)
- CVE-2023-22645HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02023-04-19
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE kubewarden allows attackers to read arbitrary secrets if they get access to the ServiceAccount kubewarden-controller This issue affects: SUSE kubewarden kubewarden-controller versions …
- CVE-2023-29018HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02023-04-14
The OpenFeature Operator allows users to expose feature flags to applications. Assuming the pre-existence of a vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution, an attacker could leverage the lax permissions configured on `open-featu…
- CVE-2022-24812HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02022-04-12
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. When fine-grained access control is enabled and a client uses Grafana API Key to make requests, the permissions for that API Key are cached for 30 seconds for the given o…
- CVE-2021-41348HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-10-13
Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-40464HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-10-13
Windows Nearby Sharing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-41504HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-09-24
An Elevated Privileges issue exists in D-Link DCS-5000L v1.05 and DCS-932L v2.17 and older. The use of the digest-authentication for the devices command interface may allow further attack vectors that may compromise the cameras configurati…
- CVE-2021-22944HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-08-31
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor with a view-only role and network access to gain the same privileges as the owner of the UniFi Protect application. This vulnerability is fixed…
- CVE-2021-34537HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-08-12
Windows Bluetooth Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-37627HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-08-11
Contao is an open source CMS that allows creation of websites and scalable web applications. In affected versions it is possible to gain privileged rights in the Contao back end. Installations are only affected if they have untrusted back …
- CVE-2021-34470HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-07-14
Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-33768HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-07-14
Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-25653HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-06-24
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities (AVPU) that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects 8.0.0.0 through 8.1.3.1 versions of AVPU.
- CVE-2021-25651HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-06-24
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Utility Services that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects all 7.x versions of Avaya Aura Utility Services
- CVE-2021-0433HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-04-13
In onCreate of DeviceChooserActivity.java, there is a possible way to bypass user consent when pairing a Bluetooth device due to a tapjacking/overlay attack. This could lead to local escalation of privilege and pairing malicious devices wi…
- CVE-2021-1719HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-01-12
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1712HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-01-12
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2019-11893HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02019-05-29
A potential incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability exists in the app permission update API of the Bosch Smart Home Controller (SHC) before 9.8.905 that may result in a restricted app obtaining default app permissions. In order to exp…
- CVE-2019-11891HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02019-05-29
A potential incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability exists in the app pairing mechanism of the Bosch Smart Home Controller (SHC) before 9.8.905 that may result in elevated privileges of the adversary's choosing. In order to exploit th…
- CVE-2020-1313HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.02020-06-09
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Update Orchestrator Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- CVE-2026-1010HIGHCVSS 5.4EG 8.02026-01-15
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Altium Workflow Engine due to missing server-side input sanitization in workflow form submission APIs. A regular authenticated user can inject arbitrary JavaScript into workfl…
- CVE-2024-21813HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92024-05-16
Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in some Intel(R) DTT software installers may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2023-7241HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92024-05-01
Privilege Escalation in WRSA.EXE in Webroot Antivirus 8.0.1X- 9.0.35.12 on Windows64 bit and 32 bit allows malicious software to abuse WRSA.EXE to delete arbitrary and protected files.
- CVE-2024-0172HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92024-04-03
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an improper privilege management security vulnerability. An unauthenticated local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to privilege escalation.
- CVE-2022-1823HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92022-06-20
Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin (Living off the land) attack. This could result in t…
- CVE-2022-22782HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92022-04-28
The Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows prior to version 5.9.7, Zoom Rooms for Conference Room for Windows prior to version 5.10.0, Zoom Plugins for Microsoft Outlook for Windows prior to version 5.10.3, and Zoom VDI Windows Meeting Clien…
- CVE-2022-24931HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92022-03-10
Improper access control vulnerability in dynamic receiver in ApkInstaller prior to SMR MAR-2022 Release allows unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary activity without a proper permission
- CVE-2021-25502HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92021-11-05
A vulnerability of storing sensitive information insecurely in Property Settings prior to SMR Nov-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to read ESN value without priviledge.
- CVE-2021-31581HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92021-07-22
The restricted shell provided by Akkadian Provisioning Manager Engine (PME) can be escaped by abusing the 'Edit MySQL Configuration' command. This command launches a standard vi editor interface which can then be escaped. This issue was re…
- CVE-2020-1507HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92020-09-11
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p> <p>To …
- CVE-2018-8619HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.92018-12-12
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Internet Explorer VBScript execution policy does not properly restrict VBScript under specific conditions, aka "Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Inte…
- CVE-2026-110633HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-14
MyReport Updater through 2.1.1 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows low-privileged users to make the SYSTEM updater service install attacker-supplied archives into arbitrary directories. Attackers can use Updater…
- CVE-2026-95837HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-12
containerd is an open-source container runtime. From 2.1.0 until 2.2.7 and 2.3.4, containerd's CRI CreateContainer checkpoint restore is vulnerable because CRIU restores process security state from checkpoint data instead of enforcing the …
- CVE-2026-84245HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-08
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in the cp_wrapper component. A low-privileged local user could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges and access or modify sensitive system files.
- CVE-2026-79806HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-06
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user privileges. A successful exploit allows a malicious user to escalate to root pri…
- CVE-2026-28647HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-05
In updateState of DeviceAdminAppsPreferenceController.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User inter…
- CVE-2026-28641HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-05
In shouldDisableUninstallButton of ApplicationActionButtonsPreferenceController.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution pri…
- CVE-2026-28625HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-05
In multiple locations, there is a possible permission bypass due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
- CVE-2026-58841HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-05
In multiple functions of VirtualAudioControllerTest.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interac…
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