CVE-2026-29179 PUBLISHED

October: Editor Sub-Permission Bypass for Asset and Blueprint File Operations

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 04.03.2026 Published: 21.04.2026 Updated: 21.04.2026

October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform. Prior to 3.7.16 and 4.1.16, fine-grained sub-permission checks for asset and blueprint file operations were not enforced in the CMS and Tailor editor extensions. This only affects backend users who were explicitly granted editor access but had editor.cms_assets or editor.tailor_blueprints specifically withheld, an uncommon permission configuration. In this edge case, such users could perform file operations (create, delete, rename, move, upload) on theme assets or blueprint files despite lacking the required sub-permission. A related operator precedence error in the Tailor navigation also disclosed the theme blueprint directory tree under the same conditions. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.7.16 and 4.1.16.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 3.3

Product Status

Vendor octobercms
Product october
Versions
  • Version >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.16 is affected
  • Version < 3.7.16 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE