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HIGHCVE-2026-42609Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-42609: Grav: Administrative Account Disruption and Privilege De-escalation via User Overwrite Logic

Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.2, a business logic vulnerability in the Grav Admin Panel allows a low-privileged user (with only user creation permissions) to overwrite existing accounts, including the primary administrator. By creating a new user with a username that already exists, the system updates the existing account's metadata and permissions instead of rejecting the request. This leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) on administrative functions and Privilege De-escalation of the root account. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
8.1
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • getgrav / grav
    < 2.0.0-beta.2
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H