CVE-2026-55518 PUBLISHED

Avo: Missing Authorization in Avo Association Attach Endpoint Allows Unauthorized Relationship Manipulation and Privilege Escalation

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.06.2026 Published: 17.07.2026 Updated: 17.07.2026

Avo is a framework to create admin panels for Ruby on Rails apps. Prior to 3.32.1 and 4.0.0.beta.51, Avo's association attach workflow checks attach_<association>? in the UI and GET /resources/:resource/:id/:related/new path, but the actual write endpoint, POST /resources/:resource/:id/:related, does not run the same authorization check before mutating the association through Avo::AssociationsController#create. An authenticated low-privileged Avo user can bypass hidden or disabled attach controls and directly attach related records to a parent record by sending a crafted POST request, which can lead to privilege escalation and cross-tenant data exposure where associations represent authorization-bearing relationships. This issue is fixed in versions 3.32.1 and 4.0.0.beta.51.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.6

Product Status

Vendor avo-hq
Product avo
Versions
  • Version >= 4.0.0.beta.1, < 4.0.0.beta.51 is affected
  • Version < 3.32.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE