Vulnerability · Published Jan 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-23896immich API Key Privilege Escalation vulnerability
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in immich from immich-app. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
immich is a high performance self-hosted photo and video management solution. Prior to version 2.5.0, API keys can escalate their own permissions by calling the update endpoint, allowing a low-privilege API key to grant itself full administrative access to the system. Version 2.5.0 fixes the issue.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| immich-app | immich | < 2.5.0 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/immich-app/immich/security/advisories/GHSA-237r-x578-h5mv x_refsource_CONFIRM