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CVE-2026-40349 - Vulnerability Analysis

HighCVSS: 8.8

Last Updated: April 18, 2026

Movary - Broken Access Control

Published: April 18, 2026Updated: April 18, 2026Remote Exploitable

Overview

Movary < 0.71.1 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by lack of authorization check on the isAdmin field in PUT /settings/users/{userId}, letting authenticated users escalate their privileges to administrator, exploit requires user authentication.

Severity & Score

Severity: High

CVSS Score: 8.8

Impact

Authenticated users can escalate their privileges to administrator, compromising the entire system's security.

Mitigation

Update to version 0.71.1 or later.

References

https://github.com/leepeuker/movary/commit/12c8a090051b1a1c07a3aa48922f3bc9ffe44c8b
https://github.com/leepeuker/movary/pull/750
https://github.com/leepeuker/movary/releases/tag/0.71.1
https://github.com/leepeuker/movary/security/advisories/GHSA-mcfq-8rx7-w25v

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Details

CVE ID: CVE-2026-40349
Severity: High
CVSS Score: 8.8
Type: broken_access_control
Status: new

CWE

CWE-862

CVSS Metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H