Missing authorization in ZTNET lets users deactivate other accounts
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
ZTNET from sinamics before 0.8.0 is a ZeroTier web UI for private controllers. Its user deactivation handler checks only that a session exists and does not verify that the session user matches the target account, which is missing authorization (CWE-862). Any authenticated user with a normal account can permanently deactivate other accounts, including administrators, and lock them out of the application.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
ZTNET is a ZeroTier web UI for private controllers with multiuser and organization support. Prior to 0.8.0, any authenticated low-privilege user can permanently deactivate another account, including an administrator, through `POST /api/auth/user/invalidateUser`. In `src/pages/api/auth/user/invalidateUser.ts`, `getServerSession` checks only that a session exists and does not compare `session.user.id` with the client-supplied `userId`. Supplying a victim's `userId` and a `deviceId` for which no matching pair exists in `UserDevice` makes the handler set the target account's `isActive` to false. Login is then refused by `src/server/auth.ts` with `account-expired`. An attacker needs only a normal authenticated account and the victim's user ID, which may be obtainable from member lists, UI responses, logs, or other application metadata. This can lock administrators out, disrupt organization management, and deny access to any targeted user. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.0.
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 ZTNET to version 0.8.0, which fixes this issue. Versions before 0.8.0 are affected.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
- Fix · CNA ztnet (sinamics) Fixed in 0.8.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-62967
- 2026-11-01 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-05 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
References
Sources
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