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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