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TI-2026-29786 Aliases CVE-2026-41160

EspoCRM: Broken Access Control / IDOR in Note Pinning API allows unauthorized modification of notes

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. Prior to 9.3.5, a business logic flaw (Broken Access Control) in EspoCRM 9.3.3 allows low-privileged users to pin arbitrary notes without having the required edit permissions for the parent object. Due to a "write first, authorize later" execution flaw in the backend API, even though the server correctly returns a 403 Forbidden error, the targeted note's pinned status is already persistently modified in the database. The root cause lies in the server-side processing of the POST /api/v1/Note/{id}/pin endpoint. In application/Espo/Tools/Stream/Api/PostNotePin.php, the process() method first calls getNote($id) before calling checkParent($note). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.3.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00292 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed espocrm (espocrm): 9.3.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
espocrmespocrmbefore 9.3.59.3.5Patch availableCNA
  • espocrm Vendorespocrm Affected before 9.3.5 Fixed in 9.3.5 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:espocrm:espocrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——espocrm
  • cpe:2.3:a:espocrm:espocrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·espocrm

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA espocrm (espocrm) Fixed in 9.3.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41160

References

Other 1

  • TI-2020-19229 EspoCRM 5.7.0 < 5.9.0 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via Auth Token Reuse Between Accounts with Identical Passwords CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-26036 Path traversal in espocrm CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2025-32670 EspoCRM vulnerable to LDAP Injection through Improper Neutralization of Special Elements CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-26112 EspoCRM has Admin TemplateManager path traversal that allows arbitrary file read write and delete CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2025-23468 EspoCRM vulnerable to HTML Injection into phishing, which may lead to account takeover CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
  • TI-2026-26120 EspoCRM: Stored XSS via SVG attachment loading same-origin JavaScript CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
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Sources

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