Missing Authorization
CWE-862
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
We track 2,825 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.3. 13 have been exploited in real attacks.
How this weakness is prevented
- Architecture and Design: Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries. Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
- Architecture and Design: Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor.
- Architecture and Design: Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature.
- Architecture and Design: For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page. One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.
- System Configuration Installation: Use the access control capabilities of your operating system and server environment and define your access control lists accordingly. Use a default deny policy when defining these ACLs.
Latest Missing Authorization vulnerabilities
- 8.8 High severity
grav-plugin-api: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Grav API Plugin is a RESTful API for Grav CMS that provides full headless access to your site's content. Prior to 1.0.6, Grav API plugin UsersController::createApiKey(), generate2fa(), and disable2fa() omit the accessGrantsSuper() target check used by sibling
- 8.8 High severity
Dell Command Update (DCU): Missing Authorization
Dell Command Update (DCU), versions prior to 5.7.1, contain a Missing Authorization vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.
- 7.3 High severity
Dell Command Update (DCU): Missing Authorization
Dell Command Update (DCU), versions prior to 5.7.1, contain a Missing Authorization vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Unauthorized access.
- 8.7 High severity
talebook: Missing Authorization
MyBooks is an ebook management web server also known as Talebook. In 3.41.2 and earlier, the AdminSettings.post handler for POST /api/admin/settings in webserver/handlers/admin.py applies the auth decorator but does not check the self.admin_user property, unli
- 7.1 High severity
arcadedb: Missing Authorization
ArcadeDB (com.arcadedb) versions 26.7.3 and earlier fail to enforce the UPDATE_SCHEMA permission check when a DEFINE FUNCTION statement targets an already-existing function library. A user with only database access can add or overwrite SQL or Cypher functions
- 8.7 High severity
blueprint-studio: Missing Authorization
Blueprint Studio is a VS Code-like file editor for Home Assistant configuration files. Prior to 2.5.2, Blueprint Studio exposed administrator-intended backend API actions to any authenticated Home Assistant user because the backend did not consistently enforce
- 8.1 High severity
lemur: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. From 0.5.0 until 1.9.3, certificate create, upload, and edit requests accepted replaces[] or replacements identifiers that AssociatedCertificateSchema resolved with fetch_objects without a CertificatePermission check. As
- 7.7 High severity
lemur: Missing Authorization
Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.3, GET /api/1/destinations and GET /api/1/destinations/ relied only on authentication while sibling write handlers required admin_permission. DestinationOutputSchema returned raw options and copied them into
- 9.2 Critical severity
FUXA: Missing Authorization
FUXA is a web-based Process Visualization (SCADA/HMI/Dashboard) software. In 1.3.2 and earlier, the allowDashboard authorization gate in server/integrations/node-red/index.js calls authJwt.verify for /nodered without inspecting the decoded identity. When nodeR
- 8.1 High severity
PowerStore 500T: Missing Authorization
Dell PowerStore contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability. An attacker with access to a mapped host could exploit this vulnerability to read from or write to LUNs that the host is not authorized to access, bypassing per-initiator LUN access controls and l
- 7.6 High severity
hoppscotch: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Hoppscotch is an open source API development ecosystem. Prior to 2026.6.0, the team, teamMembers.user, RESTHistory, GQLHistory, currentRESTSession, currentGQLSession, environments, globalEnvironments, and settings GraphQL paths expose another workspace member'
- 8.8 High severity
arcadedb: Missing Authorization
ArcadeDB's Gremlin wire-protocol plugin (com.arcadedb:arcadedb-gremlin) in versions <= 26.7.3 enforces authentication (SASL PLAIN) but performs no authorization: it never checks database access permissions (canAccessToDatabase) and never binds the authenticate
- 7.1 High severity
arcadedb: Missing Authorization
ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 (affected versions <= 26.7.3) contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the DELETE FUNCTION SQL statement. DeleteFunctionStatement.executeSimple unregisters and persists deletion of a server-side function without any checkPermiss
- 8.8 High severity
grav: Missing Authorization
The Grav API plugin (getgrav/grav-plugin-api, bundled with Grav's admin-next/API stack) before 1.0.14 fails to enforce the authorize requirement in MenubarController::executeAction(). While the GET /menubar/items listing endpoint correctly filters menubar item
- 7.5 High severity
siyuan: Missing Authorization
SiYuan before v3.7.4 is missing authorization checks in 17 block metadata/content endpoints in kernel/api/block.go (including getRefText, checkBlockExist, and getBlockBreadcrumb). These handlers are gated only by basic authentication (model.CheckAuth) and lack
- 7.5 High severity
WPAdverts – Classifieds Plugin: Missing Authorization
The WPAdverts – Classifieds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible f
- 7.1 High severity
mlflow: Missing Authorization
MLflow is an open source AI engineering platform for agents, large language models, and machine learning models. Prior to 3.15.0, CreateModelVersion accepts a run_id or model_id after _validate_source_run() or _validate_source_model() in mlflow/server/handlers
- 7.1 High severity
determined: Missing Authorization
Determined fails to authorize requests on the generic task kill, pause, and unpause endpoints in the API handlers. Authenticated attackers can disrupt other users' workloads by terminating, pausing, or unpausing tasks they do not own.
- 7.1 High severity
budibase: Missing Authorization
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.41.3, POST /api/attachments/:datasourceId/url in packages/server/src/api/routes/static.ts and packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.ts allows an authenticated published-app user with the BASIC
- 8.8 High severity
zephyr: Untrusted Pointer Dereference
The flash_copy() system call is verified by z_vrfy_flash_copy() in drivers/flash/flash_util.c. On builds with CONFIG_USERSPACE enabled, this handler is the kernel-side trust boundary for a user-mode caller. Prior to the fix it validated only the output buffer
- 8.1 High severity
YouTrack: Missing Authorization
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2025.3.156085, 2026.1.13914, 2026.2.18095 missing authorisation allowed an authenticated user to delete arbitrary entities via the mailbox endpoint
- 7.5 High severity
Sonlogger: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dolusoft Software Technologies Sonlogger allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Sonlogger: from v6.6.6 before 6.7.4.8.
- 7.5 High severity
Fortilogger: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dolusoft Software Technologies Fortilogger allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Fortilogger: before 6.1.5.9.
- 7.7 High severity
stoatchat: Missing Authorization
stoatchat before 0.15.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the Subscribe message handler that allows authenticated attackers to enumerate members and monitor profile updates of private servers without membership. Attackers can subscribe to any s
- 7.5 High severity
WP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour…: Missing Authorization
The WP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour Operator Software plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.8.4. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an
- 7.5 High severity
Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce: Missing Authorization
The Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.2.176 does not verify that the requester is entitled to a customer-uploaded file before serving it, allowing unauthenticated users who obtain a file's stored name to retrieve it. The E
- 9.1 Critical severity
Solace Extra: Missing Authorization
The Solace Extra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the import_zip() function in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. The handler is registered on both wp_ajax_action-import-zi
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: Missing Authorization
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sit: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink ipip6_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the tunnel link netns t->net. They differ once the device
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: Missing Authorization
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ip6_vti: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink vti6_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the tunnel link netns t->net. They differ once the devi
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: Missing Authorization
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ip_vti: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink vti_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the tunnel link netns t->net. They differ once the device
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: Missing Authorization
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipip: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink ipip_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the tunnel link netns t->net. They differ once the device
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: Missing Authorization
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ip6_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink ip6gre_changelink() and ip6erspan_changelink() operate on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the tunnel link netns t->ne
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: Missing Authorization
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ip6_tunnel: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink ip6_tnl_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the tunnel link netns t->net. They differ once th
- 7.1 High severity
Linux: Missing Authorization
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations In net/ieee802154/netlink.c, the legacy IEEE802154_NL family ops table builds the LLSEC dump entries (LLSEC_LIST_KEY, LLSEC_LIST_DEV, LLSEC_
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: Missing Authorization
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: cn10k: restrict VF LMTLINE sharing to its own PF rvu_mbox_handler_lmtst_tbl_setup() uses req->base_pcifunc as a direct index into the LMT map table to read another function's LMT
- 8.1 High severity
Akaunting: Improper Privilege Management
In Akaunting versions <= 3.1.21, low‑privileged authenticated users can modify their own account to assign themselves the admin role ID, granting full administrator privileges. This vulnerability is caused by a flaw in the `UpdateUser` job, which processes use
- 7.6 High severity
grav-plugin-api: Missing Authorization
The getgrav/grav-plugin-api plugin before 1.0.13 contains an API-key scope cap bypass in the POST /reports/twig-content/allowlist endpoint (ReportsController). The endpoint enforces requirePermission('api.config.write') followed by a bare isSuperAdmin() check
- 8.8 High severity
grav: Missing Authorization
The Grav API plugin (getgrav/grav-plugin-api) before 1.0.13 contains an API key scope-cap bypass in PagesController::guardTwigContent(). The Twig-toggle check uses a bare isSuperAdmin() gate that does not consult api_key_scopes, so a least-privilege API key sc
- 8.6 High severity
siyuan: Missing Authorization
SiYuan versions before v3.7.4 contain a publish-boundary bypass vulnerability in WebSocket broadcast sessions that allows anonymous readers to receive unfiltered edits. Attackers can establish a WebSocket connection to the publish surface and passively receive
- 9.6 Critical severity
openchoreo: Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
OpenChoreo is a complete, open-source developer platform for Kubernetes. Prior to 1.0.2 and 1.1.2, internal/cluster-gateway/server.go served caller-facing management APIs on the externally reachable agent listener without authentication, allowing network-reach