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
Jenkins: Missing Authorization
Jenkins 2.587 and earlier, LTS 2.580.1 and earlier converts the launch commands in older agent configurations into launchers provided by the Command Agent Launcher Plugin without checking whether they have been approved by an administrator, allowing attackers
- 8.3 High severity
Yosemite-Crew: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
YosemiteCrew provides organization-based service and task management. In the source-reported affected main and dev snapshots, YosemiteCrew's service and PMS task-library/template routes omit organization and permission checks. `authorizeCognito` in `apps/backe
- 8.8 High severity
shopper: Improper Authorization
Shopper is a Headless e-commerce Admin Panel. From 2.8.0 until 2.8.1, three Shopper Livewire admin components retain authorization gaps after the earlier team-settings authorization fix. A staff member with only `view_users` and `access_dashboard` can mutate p
- 8.8 High severity
fogproject: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging/rescue suite/inventory management system. Prior to 1.5.10.2253 and 1.6.0-RC-1, an authenticated API-enabled user with uType=1 who possesses both the user's API token and the global FOG API token can use PUT /fog/storag
- 8.5 High severity
identrail: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
identrail is a machine identity security platform for AWS, GitHub/OIDC, and Kubernetes. Prior to 1.0.2, the default-on `POST /v1/workspaces/:workspace_id/projects/:project_id/github/connect/complete` endpoint in `internal/api/router.go` accepts `installation_i
- 7.1 High severity
nora: Missing Authorization
NORA is a self-hosted artifact registry and pull-through cache. Prior to 0.9.5, `nora-registry` authenticates the token-management UI but fails to require administrator authorization. `auth_middleware()` protects `/ui/tokens` and `/api/ui/tokens`, but state-ch
- 7.1 High severity
xibo-cms: Missing Authorization
Xibo is an open source digital signage platform with a web content management system and Windows display player software. Prior to 4.4.3, missing access-control checks on `PUT/DELETE /action/{id}` allow an authenticated user to modify or delete actions on any
- 7.5 High severity
Optima Express: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in iHomefinder, Inc. Optima Express optima-express allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Optima Express: from n/a through 9.0.0.
- 7.1 High severity
PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center: Missing Authorization
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center, Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.8, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.80, LTS2025 release versions 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.40, LTS2026 release versions 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.20, contain a
- 9.6 Critical severity
PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center: Missing Authorization
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center, Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.8, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.80, LTS2025 release versions 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.40, LTS2026 release versions 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.20, contain a
- 9.8 Critical severity
PowerProtect Data Domain: Missing Authorization
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.8, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.80, LTS2025 release versions 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.40, LTS2026 release versions 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.20, contain an Improper Authenti
- 7.5 High severity
Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping…: Missing Authorization
The Animated Text Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6 via the 'animated-text' shortcode. This is due to the atb_shortcode_handler() function fetching an arbitrary post by attacker-s
- 8.8 High severity
Cronicle: Improper Privilege Management
Cronicle is a multi-server task scheduler and runner, with a web based front-end UI. Prior to 0.9.121, a non-administrator user or scoped API key with `create_events` and `run_events` privileges can inject top-level `uid` and `gid` fields through `/api/app/cre
- 8.8 High severity
Chrome: Missing Authorization
Missing authorization in Paint in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.73 allowed a remote attacker to obtain cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- 7.5 High severity
MembershipWorks: Missing Authorization
The MembershipWorks plugin for WordPress before 6.17 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to access member-only content through the WordPress REST API. Because the filter that strips protected content for non-m
- 9.1 Critical severity
Strapi Open Source and Enterprise Headless CMS: Missing Authorization
The strapi/review-workflows package is vulnerable to a broken access control vulnerability allowing updates to be made without verifying whether the caller possesses update rights for the underlying document.
- 9.2 Critical severity
Fireware OS: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
A missing authentication vulnerability in the Fireware OS FireCluster synchronization daemon allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to invoke privileged system-level administrative actions by sending a specially crafted request to the FireCluster management
- 9.4 Critical severity
Fireware OS: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
A missing authentication vulnerability in the FireCluster Sync processing allows an attacker positioned on the cluster interconnect, such as a compromised cluster peer or an on-path network attacker, to invoke privileged firewall management actions as root by
- 7.5 High severity
core: Missing Authorization
REDAXO before 5.21.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the backup addon export that accepts any database table, allowing non-admin users with the backup[export] permission to export rex_user, rex_user_session, and other applications' tables. At
- 7.3 High severity
SemanticMediaWiki: Missing Authorization
Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the api.php smwtask module that allows unauthenticated attackers to run admin-only maintenance tasks. Attackers can use the public anonymous CSRF token to read interna
- 7.1 High severity
SemanticMediaWiki: Missing Authorization
Semantic MediaWiki from 2.5.0 before 7.3.1 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows ordinary editors to permanently protect pages by adding an Is edit protected annotation. When $smwgEditProtectionRight is enabled, EditProtectionUpdater app
- 7.3 High severity
SemanticMediaWiki: Missing Authorization
Semantic MediaWiki from 7.3.0 before 7.3.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the smwtask API module that allows unauthenticated attackers to run queued jobs and force store updates. Attackers can use the public anonymous CSRF token with run-job
- 8.3 High severity
Compute Engine: Missing Authorization
A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the disks.createSnapshot and regionDisks.createSnapshot APIs in Google Compute Engine versions prior to 2026-08-31 on Google Cloud Platform allows an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate cross-project disk data. This vu
- 7.3 High severity
Simple Content Management System: Missing Authorization
A vulnerability was detected in code-projects Simple Content Management System 1.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /web/admin/welcome.php of the component Admin Interface. The manipulation of the argument addnews results in missing authorization.
- 7.8 High severity
macOS: Missing Authorization
An authorization issue was addressed with improved access control. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
- 7.5 High severity
iOS and iPadOS: Missing Authorization
This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, visionOS 27.2. An app may be able to access a user's P
- 7.5 High severity
iOS and iPadOS: Missing Authorization
This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2. An app may be able to acce
- 7.5 High severity
Consul: Missing Authorization
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 up to 2.0.4 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the agent's service mesh leaf certificate API that may allow an attacker without a valid ACL token to retrieve a cached service leaf certificate and its priv
- 9.3 Critical severity
MCP Toolbox for Databases (googleapis/mcp-toolb…: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Path Traversal and Missing Authorization in cloud-storage source in Google Cloud MCP Toolbox for Databases (googleapis/mcp-toolbox) versions 1.2.0 through 1.4.0 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to exfiltrate host files to external Google Cloud Storage
- 8.1 High severity
yeswiki: Missing Authorization
YesWiki from 4.6.2 before 4.7.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in ActivityPubService::syncActorPosts that lets malicious ActivityPub servers manipulate other actors' mirrored entries. Attackers can serve a poisoned outbox with cross-actor Delet
- 8.8 High severity
parse-server: Missing Authorization
Parse Server before 8.6.101 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.4-alpha.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability on MongoDB deployments that lets clients without the master key delete the stored schema of any class. Unauthenticated attackers can send REST API delete
- 7.5 High severity
UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommerce: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Knit Pay UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommerce upi-qr-code-payment-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommer
- 7.1 High severity
cervantes: Missing Authorization
Broken access control in JiraController in Cervantes version v1.3-beta could allow an attacker to create, edit, or delete Jira tickets for vulnerabilities in other projects
- 8.7 High severity
Zimbra Collaboration Suite: Missing Authorization
A missing authorization vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows a delegated administrator with no explicit administrative grants to overwrite global Zimlet configuration through ConfigureZimletRequest. The uploaded configuration can also add a
- 7.0 High severity
CrystalSky ZS600C: Missing Authorization
Missing authorization in the system-privileged 'DJIUpdateService' binder in DJI CrystalSky ZS600C firmware v0.3.9.7 through v0.6.6.9 on Android allows a local application with no permissions to invoke privileged operations, including factory reset with user-da
- 8.6 High severity
CrystalSky ZS600C: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
Missing authorization in the native binder service 'android.dji.server' (transaction code 1018) in DJI CrystalSky ZS600C firmware v0.3.9.7 through v0.6.6.9 on Android allows a local application with no permissions to execute arbitrary OS commands as root, beca
- 9.8 Critical severity
PraisonAI: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From version 4.2.1 to before version 4.6.59, PraisonAI's AgentOS FastAPI deployment surface remains unauthenticated in current main and in releases after the published patched version for GHSA-pm96-6xpr-978x / CVE-2026-
- 8.2 High severity
PraisonAI: Improper Authentication
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From version 4.5.112 to before version 4.6.59, PraisonAI's installed console entrypoint is Typer-first. In current releases, the recipe command is registered in the Typer app and praisonai recipe serve dispatches to the
- 8.3 High severity
PraisonAI: Missing Authorization
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From version 3.11.0 to before version 4.6.59, PraisonAI's Slack bot applies its configured allowed_users, allowed_channels, and unknown-user pairing policy in the normal Slack message event handler, but not in the adjac
- 7.1 High severity
BlueSpice: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Hallo Welt! GmbH BlueSpice (Extension:BlueSpiceUserManager) allows any authenticated user without special privileges to block or unblock arbitrary user accounts, including administrators. The REST endpoints /bs-usermanage