Improper privilege management in BKWLD Decoy authorization policy
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
BKWLD Decoy up to 5.11.1 contains a flaw in the unknown function of Policy.php in its Authorization Policy component. Manipulating the role argument results in improper privilege management (CWE-269). The attack may be performed remotely, and a public exploit has been released.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
Description from the CNA
A security flaw has been discovered in BKWLD Decoy up to 5.11.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file Policy.php of the component Authorization Policy. The manipulation of the argument role results in improper privilege management. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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 BKWLD Decoy.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
Timeline
- 2026-10-26 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116471
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-4294-m2vx-p5cx
- 2026-10-31 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-31 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-116471 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-116471 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4294-m2vx-p5cx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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