Vulnerability · Published Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-35476InvenTree Affected by Privilege Escalation via API

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in InvenTree from inventree. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

InvenTree is an Open Source Inventory Management System. Prior to 1.2.7 and 1.3.0, a non-staff authenticated user can elevate their account to a staff level via a POST request against their user account endpoint. The write permissions on the API endpoint are improperly configured, allowing any user to change their staff status. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.7 and 1.3.0.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
inventree	InvenTree	< 1.2.7

Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/security/advisories/GHSA-r8q5-3595-3jh2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://docs.inventree.org/en/stable/concepts/threat_model/#assumed-trust x_refsource_MISC