Vulnerability · Published Sep 22, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-77425Unleash: A project member can reorder activation strategies belonging to any other project / environment (cross-project integrity write), bypassing project RBAC and the audit log
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in unleash from Unleash. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Unleash is an open-source feature management platform. Prior to 8.0.3, POST /api/admin/projects/:projectId/features/:featureName/environments/:environment/strategies/set-sort-order passes attacker-controlled strategy IDs to unprotectedUpdateStrategiesSortOrder and updateSortOrder without verifying that the IDs belong to the project, feature, and environment authorized by the URL. In a multi-project Pro or Enterprise deployment, an authenticated user with UPDATE_FEATURE_STRATEGY in one project who knows another project's strategy IDs can reorder those strategies, changing feature evaluation precedence while the operation is attributed to the attacker's URL context rather than the affected project. The single-project OSS edition lacks the cross-project dimension, although the missing context binding still permits unauthorized reordering across features or environments in the default project. The endpoint changes only sort_order and does not modify strategy parameters, constraints, or segments. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.3.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | unleash-server | 8.0.3 | GHSA-5ffh-6f9q-5hhr |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-639, CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/security/advisories/GHSA-5ffh-6f9q-5hhr x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/commit/43e8db37b846921c8a94db58b44935ecbd15d9d1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v8.0.3 x_refsource_MISC