CVE-2026-42609 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 29.04.2026 Published: 11.05.2026 Updated: 11.05.2026

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 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor getgrav
Product grav
Versions
  • Version < 2.0.0-beta.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management CWE
  • CWE-285: Improper Authorization CWE
  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE
  • CWE-837: Improper Enforcement of a Single, Unique Action CWE