InvenTree Plugin Installation - Insufficient Permissions
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
InvenTree is an Open Source Inventory Management System. Prior to 1.2.7 and 1.3.0, any users who have staff access permissions can install plugins via the API, without requiring "superuser" account access. This level of permission requirement is out of alignment with other plugin actions (such as uninstalling) which do require superuser access. The vulnerability allows staff users (who may be considered to have a lower level of trust than a superuser account) to install arbitrary (and potentially harmful) plugins. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.7 and 1.3.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA InvenTree (inventree) Fixed in 1.2.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35479
References
More Inventree vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03101 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in inventree/inventree CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-27607 InvenTree has SSTI in PART_NAME_FORMAT bypasses CVE-2026-27629 fix via {% if part.pk %} sandbox escape CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2022-01953 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in inventree/inventree CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-01952 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in inventree/inventree CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27608 InvenTree has Arbitrary API Token Creation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-22011 InvenTree Vulnerable to Server Side Template Injection (SSTI) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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