Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-3209fosrl Pangolin Role verifyApiKeyRoleAccess access control
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity improper access control in Pangolin from fosrl. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in fosrl Pangolin up to 1.15.4-s.3. This affects the function verifyRoleAccess/verifyApiKeyRoleAccess of the component Role Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.15.4-s.4 mitigates this issue. The identifier of the patch is 5e37c4e85fae68e756be5019a28ca903b161fdd5. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-284, CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-347796 | fosrl Pangolin Role verifyApiKeyRoleAccess access control vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-347796 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #765676 | Pangolin <=1.15.4 Improper Access Controls third-party-advisory
- Submit #766215 | Pangolin (https://pangolin.net/) Pangolin Project (https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin) <=1.15.4 Improper Access Controls (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- https://gist.github.com/henrrrychau/0457bef6776d0c99688f9cf55cdf55f7 exploit
- https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/pull/2511 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/commit/5e37c4e85fae68e756be5019a28ca903b161fdd5 patch
- https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/releases/tag/1.15.4-s.4 patch
- https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/ product