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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 1, 2026· Updated Jul 2, 2026

Craft CMS: Missing peer-permission check in `AssetsController::actionDeleteFolder` allows deletion of other users' assets

CVE-2026-50284

Description

Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). In versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.9.21 and 4.0.0-RC1 through 4.17.14, theAssetsController::actionDeleteFolder() only requires the deleteAssets: permission for the target folder. It never enforces deletePeerAssets:, even though Assets::deleteFoldersByIds() cascades deletion to every descendant folder and every asset inside, regardless of the uploader's assigned privileges. A low-privilege user who has been granted folder-management rights on a shared volume can therefore destroy assets uploaded by other users (peer assets), bypassing the per-asset peer-permission check that the sibling actionDeleteAsset endpoint correctly applies. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.17.15 and 5.9.22.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
craftcms/cmsPackagist
>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.9.225.9.22
craftcms/cmsPackagist
>= 4.0.0-RC1, < 4.17.154.17.15

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