Vulnerability · Published Sep 21, 2026 · Assigned by CIRCL

CVE-2026-94381MISP Privilege Escalation: Read-Only API Key User Can Regain Full Role via updateLoginTime

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in MISP from MISP. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.7High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

MISP has a security issue that can let a user gain more access than their API key is supposed to allow. A read-only API key should only let someone view information. However, after logging in with such a key, a specific MISP function could accidentally restore the user’s normal account permissions. This means someone with a read-only API key could potentially gain write, delete, or even administrator access if their underlying account has those permissions. Exploiting the issue requires a valid read-only API key and a single request to the affected function. The main impact is that MISP’s API key restrictions can be bypassed, allowing actions that the API key was specifically meant to prevent. Version affected: <2.5.47

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
MISP	MISP	0 – before 2.5.47

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

Security patch patch