CVE-2026-42098 PUBLISHED

Authorization Bypass in Sparx Enterprise Architect

Assigner: CERT-PL
Reserved: 24.04.2026 Published: 19.05.2026 Updated: 19.05.2026

Sparx Enterprise Architect software has a security feature that limits user's actions to those specified in the role. An authenticated attacker can modify the Enterprise Architect client behavior (e.g. using a debugger) and log in as any other user or administrator - then it is possible to do every possible change to the repository.

The vendor was notified early about this vulnerability, but didn't respond with the details of vulnerability or vulnerable version range. Only version 17.1 and below were tested and confirmed as vulnerable, other versions were not tested and might also be vulnerable.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor Sparx Systems
Product Enterprise Architect
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 0 to 17.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • Blazej Adamczyk (br0x) - Efigo finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-603 Use of Client-Side Authentication CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass