CWE-266
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Description
A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
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CVEs mapped to this weakness (1,190)
page 13 of 60| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2024-27273 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.00 | May 7, 2024 | IBM AIX's Unix domain (AIX 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1) datagram socket implementation could potentially expose applications using Unix domain datagram sockets with SO_PEERID operation and may lead to privilege escalation. IBM X-Force ID: 284903. | ||
| CVE-2023-5913 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.01 | Nov 8, 2023 | Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in opentext Fortify ScanCentral DAST. The vulnerability could be exploited to gain elevated privileges.This issue affects Fortify ScanCentral DAST versions 21.1, 21.2, 21.2.1, 22.1, 22.1.1, 22.2, 23.1. | ||
| CVE-2021-42135 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Oct 11, 2021 | HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the… | ||
| CVE-2018-1088 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.05 | Apr 18, 2018 | A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink. | ||
| CVE-2026-73461 | Hig | 0.52 | 8.0 | 0.00 | Sep 16, 2026 | On affected EOS platforms with AAA-based gRPC authorization enabled for OpenConfig, gRPC requests of an authenticated user to OpenConfig may use the wrong privilege level, resulting in an authorization using the wrong AAA method list. This does not impact non-gRPC OpenConfig… | ||
| CVE-2025-33179 | Hig | 0.52 | 8.0 | 0.01 | Feb 24, 2026 | NVIDIA Cumulus Linux and NVOS products contain a vulnerability in the NVUE interface, where a low-privileged user could run an unauthorized command. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges. | ||
| CVE-2025-13888 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.01 | Dec 15, 2025 | A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions… | ||
| CVE-2025-41255 | Hig | 0.52 | 8.0 | 0.00 | Jun 25, 2025 | Cyberduck and Mountain Duck improperly handle TLS certificate pinning for untrusted certificates (e.g., self-signed), unnecessarily installing it to the Windows Certificate Store of the current user without any restrictions. This issue affects Cyberduck through 9.1.6… | ||
| CVE-2025-23391 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.00 | Apr 11, 2025 | A Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in SUSE rancher allows a Restricted Administrator to change the password of Administrators and take over their accounts. This issue affects rancher: from 2.8.0 before 2.8.14, from 2.9.0 before 2.9.8, from 2.10.0 before 2.10.4. | ||
| CVE-2024-37899 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.0 | 0.01 | Jun 20, 2024 | XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. When an admin disables a user account, the user's profile is executed with the admin's rights. This allows a user to place malicious code in the user profile before getting… | ||
| CVE-2023-38296 | Hig | 0.52 | 8.0 | 0.00 | Apr 22, 2024 | Various software builds for the following TCL 30Z and TCL A3X devices leak the ICCID to a system property that can be accessed by any local app on the device without any permissions or special privileges. Google restricted third-party apps from directly obtaining non-resettable… | ||
| CVE-2019-11893 | Hig | 0.52 | 8.0 | 0.00 | May 29, 2019 | 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 exploit the vulnerability, the adversary… | ||
| CVE-2019-11891 | Hig | 0.52 | 8.0 | 0.01 | May 29, 2019 | 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 the vulnerability, the adversary needs… | ||
| CVE-2016-7070 | Hig | 0.52 | 8.0 | 0.01 | Sep 11, 2018 | A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database. | ||
| CVE-2026-8303 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Sep 11, 2026 | Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Pardus-software allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Pardus-software: before 1.0.5. | ||
| CVE-2026-15218 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.9 | 0.01 | Aug 17, 2026 | A flaw was found in the maas-api and maas-controller ServiceAccounts within Red Hat OpenShift AI. These ServiceAccounts are granted cluster-wide permissions that exceed their operational requirements. An attacker who compromises the identity of these ServiceAccounts, either… | ||
| CVE-2026-19381 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Aug 10, 2026 | A security flaw has been discovered in Kingston FURY CTRL RGB Control Software 2.0.65.0. The impacted element is an unknown function in the library NTIOLib_KSFX.sys of the component Driver. Performing a manipulation results in improper privilege management. The attack needs to… | ||
| CVE-2026-19195 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Aug 7, 2026 | A vulnerability has been found in V-Secure Jingyun Antivirus 2.4.2.39. The affected element is an unknown function in the library ZyArk.sys of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit… | ||
| CVE-2026-19193 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Aug 7, 2026 | A flaw has been found in Jiangmin Antivirus 21. Impacted is the function MessageNotifyCallback in the library kvcore.sys of the component Minifilter Port. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper access controls. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been… | ||
| CVE-2026-19192 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Aug 7, 2026 | A vulnerability was detected in DeepCool DisplayService 1.2.12. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file C:\DeepCool\resources\service\x64\DeepCoolDisplayService.exe. Performing a manipulation results in improper access controls. The attack must be initiated from a… |
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.00
IBM AIX's Unix domain (AIX 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1) datagram socket implementation could potentially expose applications using Unix domain datagram sockets with SO_PEERID operation and may lead to privilege escalation. IBM X-Force ID: 284903.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.01
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in opentext Fortify ScanCentral DAST. The vulnerability could be exploited to gain elevated privileges.This issue affects Fortify ScanCentral DAST versions 21.1, 21.2, 21.2.1, 22.1, 22.1.1, 22.2, 23.1.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the…
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.05
A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.
- risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.00
On affected EOS platforms with AAA-based gRPC authorization enabled for OpenConfig, gRPC requests of an authenticated user to OpenConfig may use the wrong privilege level, resulting in an authorization using the wrong AAA method list. This does not impact non-gRPC OpenConfig…
- risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.01
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux and NVOS products contain a vulnerability in the NVUE interface, where a low-privileged user could run an unauthorized command. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges.
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.01
A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions…
- risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.00
Cyberduck and Mountain Duck improperly handle TLS certificate pinning for untrusted certificates (e.g., self-signed), unnecessarily installing it to the Windows Certificate Store of the current user without any restrictions. This issue affects Cyberduck through 9.1.6…
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.00
A Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in SUSE rancher allows a Restricted Administrator to change the password of Administrators and take over their accounts. This issue affects rancher: from 2.8.0 before 2.8.14, from 2.9.0 before 2.9.8, from 2.10.0 before 2.10.4.
- risk 0.52cvss 9.0epss 0.01
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. When an admin disables a user account, the user's profile is executed with the admin's rights. This allows a user to place malicious code in the user profile before getting…
- risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.00
Various software builds for the following TCL 30Z and TCL A3X devices leak the ICCID to a system property that can be accessed by any local app on the device without any permissions or special privileges. Google restricted third-party apps from directly obtaining non-resettable…
- risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.00
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 exploit the vulnerability, the adversary…
- risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.01
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 the vulnerability, the adversary needs…
- risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.01
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Pardus-software allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Pardus-software: before 1.0.5.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.9epss 0.01
A flaw was found in the maas-api and maas-controller ServiceAccounts within Red Hat OpenShift AI. These ServiceAccounts are granted cluster-wide permissions that exceed their operational requirements. An attacker who compromises the identity of these ServiceAccounts, either…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
A security flaw has been discovered in Kingston FURY CTRL RGB Control Software 2.0.65.0. The impacted element is an unknown function in the library NTIOLib_KSFX.sys of the component Driver. Performing a manipulation results in improper privilege management. The attack needs to…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
A vulnerability has been found in V-Secure Jingyun Antivirus 2.4.2.39. The affected element is an unknown function in the library ZyArk.sys of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
A flaw has been found in Jiangmin Antivirus 21. Impacted is the function MessageNotifyCallback in the library kvcore.sys of the component Minifilter Port. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper access controls. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
A vulnerability was detected in DeepCool DisplayService 1.2.12. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file C:\DeepCool\resources\service\x64\DeepCoolDisplayService.exe. Performing a manipulation results in improper access controls. The attack must be initiated from a…