Broken access control in CLA-Assistant exposes CLA signature data
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
CLA-Assistant from SAP_SE through v2.13.1 lacks a required authorization check (CWE-862) in its admin API endpoint used to retrieve CLA signature records. The check is not consistently enforced when the target organisation is specified by its ID. An authenticated user with limited privileges could potentially read signature records containing contributor information for organisations they are not authorized to administer.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Description from the CNA
The admin API endpoint used to retrieve CLA signature records does not consistently enforce the required authorization checks when the target organisation is specified using an organisation ID.An authenticated user with limited privileges could potentially access CLA signature records containing contributor information belonging to an organisation they are not authorized to administer.
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
The sources list no fixed version for CLA-Assistant.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89112
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-9675-45mq-2fx9
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
More SAP vulnerabilities
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- TI-2022-06811 SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java, ABAP… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-15842 Path traversal in SAP NetWeaver KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2020-05139 Missing authentication in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2020-05063 Missing authentication in SAP Solution Manager KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-00284 Deserialization of untrusted data in SAP Commerce Cloud KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-89112 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89112 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9675-45mq-2fx9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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