CVE-2026-27604 PUBLISHED

FOSSBilling: Improper API Role Validation (system) Enables Unauthenticated Access to Privileged Admin Functions

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.02.2026 Published: 23.06.2026 Updated: 23.06.2026

FOSSBilling is a free, open-source billing and client management system. Starting in version 0.5.4 and prior to version 0.8.0, an authorization bypass in the API role handling allows unauthenticated access to privileged /api/system/* endpoints. Because system resolves to the cron admin identity, attackers can invoke admin API methods without valid credentials, session, or CSRF token. Version 0.8.0 patches the issue. Some workarounds are available. Block external access to /api/system/* at reverse proxy/WAF, restrict API access by trusted source IPs only (api.allowed_ips), rotate all admin/client API tokens immediately, invalidate active sessions and reset high-privilege credentials, and/or review API request logs for suspicious /api/system/ access and treat as potential incident.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 10

Product Status

Vendor FOSSBilling
Product FOSSBilling
Versions
  • Version >= 0.5.4, < 0.8.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE
  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE