CVE-2026-48599
Description
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in elixir-grpc grpc allows authenticated attackers to access or modify resources belonging to other users by smuggling a conflicting value for any path-bound field via the query string or request body.
In 'Elixir.GRPC.Server.Transcode':map_request/5 (lib/grpc/server/transcode.ex), all three clauses use Map.merge/2 with path bindings as the first argument, giving them the lowest merge precedence. A request such as GET /users/me/profile?user_id=victim (or a POST with {"user_id": "victim"} when body: "*") yields a decoded protobuf struct where the path-bound field carries the attacker-supplied value rather than the router-extracted value. Any handler that uses the path-bound field for authorization, multi-tenancy scoping, or ownership checks is silently bypassed.
This issue affects grpc from 0.8.0 before 1.0.0.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
grpcHex | >= 0.8.0, < 1.0.0 | 1.0.0 |
Affected products
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: >=0.8.0 <1.0.0
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References
8- github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwr4-5g34-j5cqghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48599ghsaADVISORY
- cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-48599.htmlnvdWEB
- github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc/commit/33b6a095dbc91c6dee3c7b90893d7d74952e82e4nvdWEB
- github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc/pull/541ghsaWEB
- github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.0.0ghsaWEB
- github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc/security/advisories/GHSA-mwr4-5g34-j5cqnvdWEB
- osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-48599nvdWEB
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