What is GHSA-wh8m-xg73-3924?

GHSA-wh8m-xg73-3924 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Improper authorization in the ToolGroupResource and RoleAjax REST/DWR endpoints in dotCMS dotCMS...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-wh8m-xg73-3924 cover?

GHSA-wh8m-xg73-3924 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16337. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-wh8m-xg73-3924Critical

Improper authorization in the ToolGroupResource and RoleAjax REST/DWR endpoints in dotCMS dotCMS...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 20, 2026

Last Modified

July 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16337 →

📋 Description

Improper authorization in the ToolGroupResource and RoleAjax REST/DWR endpoints in dotCMS dotCMS 21.02 through 26.06.22-03 on all platforms allows a low-privileged authenticated backend user to self-assign the administrative layout and self-grant the CMS Administrator role, then achieve remote code execution via a crafted OSGi bundle upload whose BundleActivator executes arbitrary shell commands.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16337
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/36344
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wh8m-xg73-3924