HIGHVulnerability

CVE-2026-72856

Budibase versions before 3.40.0 contain an authorization/authentication bypass in the PUT /api/global/users/tenant/owner (changeTenantOwnerEmail) endpoint. On self-hosted instances (SELF_HOSTED or DISABLE_ACCOUNT_PORTAL set), the cloudRestricted middleware is a no-op and the route is protected only by a general authentication check, so any authenticated user — including a lowest-privilege BASIC app user — can reassign the tenant account-holder (top-privilege admin) email to an attacker-controlled address. The attacker can then use the public password-reset flow to take over the admin account, leading to full administrative access.

Properties

severity
HIGH
score
8.1
epss_score
0.00327
cve_id
CVE-2026-72856
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
published_at
2026-08-13T22:17:24.893
last_modified
2026-08-31T20:30:14.457
epss_percentile
0.25339

Related Entities (3)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

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