Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-22683Windmill < 1.615.0 Operator Role Missing Authorization Checks RCE
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in Windmill CE (Community Edition) from Windmill Labs. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
Windmill versions 1.56.0 through 1.614.0 contain a missing authorization vulnerability that allows users with the Operator role to perform prohibited entity creation and modification actions via the backend API. Although Operators are documented and priced as unable to create or modify entities, the API does not enforce the Operator restriction on workspace endpoints, allowing an Operator to create and update scripts, flows, apps, and raw_apps. Since Operators can also execute scripts via the jobs API, this allows direct privilege escalation to remote code execution within the Windmill deployment. This vulnerability has existed since the introduction of the Operator role in version 1.56.0.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Windmill Labs | Windmill CE (Community Edition) | 1.56.0 – through 1.614.0 |
| Windmill Labs | Windmill EE (Enterprise Edition) | 1.56.0 – through 1.614.0 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://chocapikk.com/posts/2026/windfall-nextcloud-flow-windmill-rce/ technical-description, exploit
- https://github.com/Chocapikk/Windfall exploit
- https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/releases/tag/v1.615.0 release-notes
- https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/commit/c621a74804f4f6e8318819c01e3a23a17698588b patch
- https://www.windmill.dev/ product
- https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/flow/releases release-notes