Missing authorization in budibase
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.38.1, Budibase exposes a REST API for datasource management. The route PUT /api/datasources/:datasourceId is registered in the authorizedRoutes group with TABLE/READ permission. This is the same authorization level as the read endpoint (GET /api/datasources/:datasourceId). Every authenticated Budibase app user with the BASIC built-in role or higher carries TABLE/WRITE (and therefore TABLE/READ) permissions, and the datasource update controller performs no additional builder check. As a result, any authenticated non-builder app user can submit a PUT request to rewrite a datasource's config object — including the connection host, port, database credentials, or the base url of a REST datasource. Because no network-level SSRF protection is applied to SQL driver connections, redirecting a PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB datasource to an internal IP address succeeds and the attacker can probe or interact with internal services on arbitrary ports. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.38.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budibase | budibase | before 3.38.1 | 3.38.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | @budibase/server (npm) | before 3.38.1 | 3.38.1 | Patch available | GHSA-44m2-crh7-f4q2 |
- budibase VendorBudibase Affected before 3.38.1 Fixed in 3.38.1 Patch available CNA
- @budibase/server (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.38.1 Fixed in 3.38.1 Patch available GHSA-44m2-crh7-f4q2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA budibase (Budibase) Fixed in 3.38.1
- Fix · GHSA-44m2-crh7-f4q2 @budibase/server (npm) Fixed in 3.38.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45717
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-44m2-crh7-f4q2
References
More Budibase vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-39242 Budibase: Anonymous NoSQL operator injection via published-app query templates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-51076 Budibase before 3.40.0 SQL Injection via Unauthenticated Webhook CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2026-24369 Budibase Universal Auth Bypass via Webhook Query Param Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-56709 Budibase before 3.41.3 Remote Code Execution via Plugin eval() CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-51425 Budibase: SQL Injection via `multipleStatements: true` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-51075 Budibase before 3.40.0 Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-45717 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-45717 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-44m2-crh7-f4q2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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