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-2024-44540MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62024-09-23
Ubiquiti AirMax firmware version firmware version 8 allows attackers with physical access to gain a privileged command shell via the UART Debugging Port.
- CVE-2024-39342MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62024-09-23
Entrust Instant Financial Issuance (formerly known as Cardwizard) 6.10.0, 6.9.0, 6.9.1, 6.9.2, and 6.8.x and earlier uses a DLL library (i.e. DCG.Security.dll) with a custom AES encryption process that relies on static hard-coded key value…
- CVE-2024-41903MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62024-08-13
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0) (All versions < V2.0). The affected application mounts the container's root filesystem with read and write privileges. This could allow an attacker to alter…
- CVE-2023-34045MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62023-10-20
VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that occurs during installation for the first time (the user needs to drag or copy the application to a folder from the '.dmg' volume) or when install…
- CVE-2023-38734MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62023-08-22
IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.1 and 23.0.0 through 23.0.1 is vulnerable to incorrect privilege assignment when importing users from an LDAP directory. IBM X-Force ID: 262481.
- CVE-2023-30024MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62023-04-28
The MagicJack device, a VoIP solution for internet phone calls, contains a hidden NAND flash memory partition allowing unauthorized read/write access. Attackers can exploit this by replacing the original software with a malicious version, …
- CVE-2022-41115MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62022-12-13
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Update Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-20060MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62022-03-10
In preloader (usb), there is a possible permission bypass due to a missing proper image authentication. This could lead to local escalation of privilege, for an attacker who has physical access to the device, with no additional execution p…
- CVE-2021-0060MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62022-02-09
Insufficient compartmentalization in HECI subsystem for the Intel(R) SPS before versions SPS_E5_04.01.04.516.0, SPS_E5_04.04.04.033.0, SPS_E5_04.04.03.281.0, SPS_E5_03.01.03.116.0, SPS_E3_05.01.04.309.0, SPS_02.04.00.101.0, SPS_SoC-A_05.00…
- CVE-2021-0468MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62021-04-13
In LK, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to an insecure default value. This could lead to local escalation of privilege for an attacker who has physical access to the device with no additional execution privileges needed. Use…
- CVE-2021-1371MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62021-03-24
A vulnerability in the role-based access control of Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with read-only privileges to obtain administrative privileges by using the console port when the device is in the…
- CVE-2021-1646MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62021-01-12
Windows WLAN Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-1590MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62020-09-11
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the…
- CVE-2020-1159MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62020-09-11
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p…
- CVE-2020-1146MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62020-09-11
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Store Runtime improperly handles memory.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then…
- CVE-2020-1130MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62020-09-11
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles data operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>…
- CVE-2020-7274MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62020-04-15
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McTray.exe in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows Prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows local users to spawn unrelated processes with elevated privileges via the system administrator granting…
- CVE-2020-7259MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62020-04-15
Exploitation of Privilege/Trust vulnerability in file in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Prior to 10.7.0 February 2020 Update allows local users to bypass local security protection via a carefully crafted input file
- CVE-2019-12794MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62019-06-11
An issue was discovered in MISP 2.4.108. Organization admins could reset credentials for site admins (organization admins have the inherent ability to reset passwords for all of their organization's users). This, however, could be abused i…
- CVE-2017-8032MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62017-07-10
In Cloud Foundry cf-release versions prior to v264; UAA release all versions of UAA v2.x.x, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.13, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.15, 3.20.x versions prior to v3.20.0, and other versions prior to v4.4.0; and UAA bos…
- CVE-2017-5623MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62017-03-19
An issue was discovered in OxygenOS before 4.1.0 on OnePlus 3 and 3T devices. The attacker can change the bootmode of the device by issuing the 'fastboot oem boot_mode {rf/wlan/ftm/normal} command' in contradiction to the threat model of A…
- CVE-2023-41784MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 6.62024-01-04
Permissions and Access Control Vulnerability in ZTE Red Magic 8 Pro
- CVE-2026-78404MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-10-12
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility.
- CVE-2026-76731MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-29
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the captive portal of HPE Networking Instant On could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gai…
- CVE-2026-101086MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-27
Nezha Dashboard versions before 2.3.5 fail to restrict service monitor task types to supported probe types, allowing authenticated users with nezha:service:write scope to submit privileged task types through the service API. Attackers can …
- CVE-2026-100611MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-26
Capgo (capgo.app backend, versions ≤ 12.261.0) improperly restricts which roles the apikey_manager organization role may bind to newly created API keys. When an authenticated user holding only apikey_manager (permissions org.manage_apike…
- CVE-2026-20287MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-16
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security…
- CVE-2026-64753MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-14
A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in Safari 27, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sens…
- CVE-2026-73788MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-09
A vulnerability in the ClearPass OnGuard agent could allow an authenticated remote attacker to elevate their own privileges on a vulnerable ClearPass OnGuard deployment. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to obtain root privil…
- CVE-2026-73758MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-01
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API endpoint of AOS-CX. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated low privilege operator user to change the state of certain settings of a vulnerable system.
- CVE-2026-73730MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-01
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of HPE Networking Fabric Composer. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated low privilege operator user to change the state of certain settings of a vulnerable system.
- CVE-2026-73729MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-09-01
A vulnerability in the underlying operating system of HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an authenticated low privilege operator user with local access to upstream AFC dependencies to view sensitive information. Successful exploita…
- CVE-2026-54168MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-20
Pipelines-as-Code is a CI/CD system that lets users define Tekton pipelines in source code repositories. Prior to 0.37.8, 0.39.6, 0.42.1, and 0.48.0, a GitHub App installation token created during webhook processing is not scoped to the re…
- CVE-2026-70975MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with net…
- CVE-2026-70969MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with net…
- CVE-2026-70938MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with net…
- CVE-2026-70849MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with ne…
- CVE-2026-70847MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with log…
- CVE-2026-70831MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with net…
- CVE-2026-70826MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with net…
- CVE-2026-70825MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with net…
- CVE-2026-70824MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with net…
- CVE-2026-72631MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-13
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) in Kibana Fleet can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Escalation (CAPEC-233). An integration policy may optionally declare extra data streams that the integration writes to, which Fleet adds…
- CVE-2026-24059MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-08-13
The GET /api/v1/user/actions/runners/registration-token endpoint (and its owner- and repository-level equivalents) creates a new runner registration token if none exists, yet the API scope middleware classifies it as read-only because it i…
- CVE-2026-66399MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-07-27
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updateMembers() that allows administrators with only group-management permissions to join privileged groups without verification of required rights. At…
- CVE-2026-36425MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-07-16
An issue in OPSWAT AppRemover Driver (ardrv.sys) v2017.10.02.1551 and earlier in IOCTL handler 0x2420031. Any local user can open the device and send process termination requests without privilege validation.
- CVE-2026-55843MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-07-10
Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.0, UsersController::update() passes a missing permission request field through NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction and PreserveUnauthorizedPrivilegedPermissionsAction in a way t…
- CVE-2026-40009MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-07-10
Improper Privilege Management, Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache IoTDB. Authenticated users can escalate to full tree-path access by renaming themselves to __internal_auditor. This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 2.0.8 bef…
- CVE-2026-50201MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-06-17
Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. In Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint prior to version 4.2.0 and Steeltoe.Management.EndpointCore prior to version 3.4.0…
- CVE-2026-12450MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-06-17
Inappropriate implementation in Media in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
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