VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-35476

The write permissions on the API endpoint are improperly configured, allowing any user to change their staff status.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 0.14%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

InvenTree is an Open Source Inventory Management System. Prior to 1.2.7 and 1.3.0, a non-staff authenticated user can elevate their account to a staff level via a POST request against their user account endpoint. The write permissions on the API endpoint are improperly configured, allowing any user to change their staff status. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.7 and 1.3.0.

CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.14% probability · 4th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-285
Affected: inventree project/inventree
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://docs.inventree.org/en/stable/concepts/threat_model/#assumed-trustProduct
https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/security/advisories/GHSA-r8q5-3595-3jh2Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.