Weakness (CWE)
CWE-267: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design, Operation
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
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Architecture and Design, Operation
Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
Source: MITRE CWE-267
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Low 3.1
Webform - Moderately critical - Cross-site scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2026-161
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Webform allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Webform versions: from 0.0.0 to 6.2.12, from 6.3.0 to 6.3.1.
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Low 3.3
IBM i is Affected By Obtaining Sensitive Information Vulnerability in OpenSSH []
IBM i 7.6, and 7.5 could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain information from a privileged file when using SSH.
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Low 3.3
Content Moderation Notifications - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2026-107
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Content Moderation Notifications versions: from 0.0.0 to 3.9.0.
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Low 2.7
Vulnerability in the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit product of Oracle Systems (component: Naming Subsystem). The supp…
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Low 2.7
Vulnerability in the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit product of Oracle Systems (component: Block Storage). The support…