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TI-2026-48308 Aliases CVE-2026-68561

Improper privilege management in wekan

Priority HIGH 73CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-863.

Summary

Wekan is open source kanban built with Meteor. Prior to 9.89, the second Boards.allow({ update }) rule in server/permissions/boards.js called canUpdateBoardSort in server/lib/utils.js, which authorized any board member whenever fieldNames included sort. Because Meteor combines allow rules with OR semantics and applies the complete modifier, a comment-only or read-only member could send one Boards.update with $set values for sort, members, permission, and title, make themselves the sole board administrator, expose a private board, and evict the legitimate owner; the last-admin deny rule inspected only $pull and did not block a wholesale $set of members. Version 9.89 requires sort to be the only modified field and rejects $set member arrays that remove the last active administrator. This issue is fixed in version 9.89.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00506 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wekan (wekan): 9.89

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wekanwekanbefore 9.899.89Patch availableCNA
  • wekan Vendorwekan Affected before 9.89 Fixed in 9.89 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:wekan_project:wekan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——wekan
  • cpe:2.3:a:wekan_project:wekan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·wekan

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wekan (wekan) Fixed in 9.89

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68561

References

Other 3

  • TI-2026-40177 Improper authentication in wekan CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-37989 Wekan: OIDC Account Takeover via Unconditional Email-Based Account Merge in onCreateUser hook CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2026-48305 Wekan: SSRF filter bypass via DNS-resolving hostname in outgoing webhooks (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-53446) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-39911 Improper access control in wekan CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-01855 WeKan Activity Publication activities.js LinkedBoardActivitiesBleed information disclosure CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-38525 Wekan: Missing authorization on OIDC Meteor methods allows privilege escalation to admin CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.6
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Sources

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