Broken access control in Camunda Cockpit exposes process data
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Camunda 7 from 7.24.0 before 7.24.16 and from 7.23.0 before 7.23.17 has an incorrect authorization flaw in the Cockpit webapp (CWE-863). An inverted comparison in the permission check lets an authenticated user with minimal Cockpit access read all process instances, process definitions and incidents across the engine, without logging, when disabledPermissions is set to a non-empty value. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Camunda 7.24.0 before 7.24.16 and 7.23.0 before 7.23.17 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Cockpit webapp that allows authenticated attackers to bypass permission checks due to an inverted comparison logic in AbstractCockpitPluginResource.isPermissionDisabled(). Attackers with minimal Cockpit access can exploit a non-empty disabledPermissions configuration to read all process instances, process definitions, and incidents engine-wide without triggering any logging, regardless of their actual data grants.
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
Upgrade Camunda 7 to version 7.24.16 or 7.23.17, the fixed versions for each line.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Camunda 7 (Camunda) Fixed in 7.24.16, 7.23.17
Timeline
- 2026-10-19 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109433
- 2026-10-20 Alias added: GHSA-cm9q-c667-7h4q
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: Camunda/Camunda [email protected] · CNA
References
Exploit 1
Patch 1
More Camunda vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-76421 Expression injection in Camunda 7 orQueries enables command execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-68026 Incorrect authorization in Camunda 7 setup lets attackers add admins CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-76420 Missing authorization in Camunda task comments and attachments CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2021-09385 Camunda Modeler (aka camunda-modeler) through 4.6.0 allows arbitrary file access. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-06144 Prototype pollution in min-dash CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-34492 WordPress bpmn.io plugin <= 1.0 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-109433 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109433 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cm9q-c667-7h4q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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