CVE-2026-94381

MISP Privilege Escalation: Read-Only API Key User Can Regain Full Role via updateLoginTime

Published Sep 21, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
MISP has a security issue that can let a user gain more access than their API key is supposed to allow.

A read-only API key should only let someone view information. However, after logging in with such a key, a specific MISP function could accidentally restore the user’s normal account permissions. This means someone with a read-only API key could potentially gain write, delete, or even administrator access if their underlying account has those permissions.

Exploiting the issue requires a valid read-only API key and a single request to the affected function.

The main impact is that MISP’s API key restrictions can be bypassed, allowing actions that the API key was specifically meant to prevent.




Version affected: <2.5.47

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The fix removes the call to User::getAuthUser() and Auth::login() from the updateLoginTime() method, which was re-authenticating the user with their full role permissions. It replaces this with a call to _refreshAuth(), which refreshes the authentication state while preserving the current (restricted) permission level associated with the API key, preventing privilege escalation.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Misp
Misp misp
Vendors & Products Misp
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description MISP has a security issue that can let a user gain more access than their API key is supposed to allow. A read-only API key should only let someone view information. However, after logging in with such a key, a specific MISP function could accidentally restore the user’s normal account permissions. This means someone with a read-only API key could potentially gain write, delete, or even administrator access if their underlying account has those permissions. Exploiting the issue requires a valid read-only API key and a single request to the affected function. The main impact is that MISP’s API key restrictions can be bypassed, allowing actions that the API key was specifically meant to prevent. Version affected: <2.5.47
Title MISP Privilege Escalation: Read-Only API Key User Can Regain Full Role via updateLoginTime
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
CIRCL
Published
Updated
Sep 21, 2026, 2:48 PM
Reserved
Sep 21, 2026, 12:42 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 21, 2026, 1:17 PM
Modified
Sep 21, 2026, 3:17 PM