Cross-project authorization bypass in Lightdash RenameService
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Lightdash versions from 0.2609.0 before 3.137.0 contain an authorization bypass in the RenameService that lets an authenticated user with update Project permission on one project access dashboards in other projects. The service does not verify that the projectUuid in the URL matches the target dashboard's project (CWE-639). An attacker with low privileges can modify foreign dashboard filters and break charts through crafted POST requests to the rename dashboard endpoint, or read field metadata from projects they cannot access through GET requests to the fields endpoint.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
Lightdash 0.2609.0 before 3.137.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the RenameService that allows authenticated users with update Project permission on one project to access and modify dashboards belonging to a different project, caused by the failure to verify that the projectUuid from the URL matches the projectUuid of the target dashboard. Attackers can send crafted POST requests to the rename/dashboard endpoint to modify foreign dashboard filters and break charts, or send GET requests to the rename/dashboard/fields endpoint to read field metadata from projects they do not have access to.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade Lightdash to version 3.137.0. The sources list no fixed version for any other Lightdash release.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA lightdash (lightdash) Fixed in 3.137.0
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121631
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-mq8q-r5x2-4283
References
Patch 1
Advisory 1
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Sources
- CVE-2026-121631 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121631 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mq8q-r5x2-4283 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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