Authorization bypass in eladmin exposes users in other departments
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
eladmin through 2.7 has an authorization bypass (CWE-639) because its write handlers skip department checks. A department-scoped user manager with user:edit or user:del permissions can modify, disable, reassign or delete accounts in other departments through the /api/users endpoint.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
eladmin through 2.7 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows department-scoped user managers to modify or delete accounts outside their data scope because write handlers skip department checks. Attackers with user:edit or user:del permissions can send PUT or DELETE requests to /api/users with target user ids to disable, reassign, alter, or delete accounts in other departments.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for eladmin.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111604
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-7qp5-57jr-xmpr
- 2026-10-21 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-21 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More elunez vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-16810 eladmin <=2.7 is vulnerable to CSV Injection in the exception log download module. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-43187 A vulnerability has been discovered in eladmin v2.7 and before. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-07810 elunez eladmin Druid application-prod.yml default credentials CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2024-34293 The eladmin v2.7 and before contains a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that can… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-34292 A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability has been identified in eladmin 2.7 and… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-29956 eladmin v2.7 and before is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) which allows an… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-111604 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111604 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7qp5-57jr-xmpr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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