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High · 8.1 CVE-2026-42609 EUVD-2026-29067GHSA-rr73-568v-28f8

Grav: Administrative Account Disruption and Privilege De-escalation via User Overwrite Logic

Published May 11, 2026 · Updated May 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.2, a business logic vulnerability in the Grav Admin Panel allows a low-privileged user (with only user creation permissions) to overwrite existing accounts, including the primary administrator. By creating a new user with a username that already exists, the system updates the existing account's metadata and permissions instead of rejecting the request. This leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) on administrative functions and Privilege De-escalation of the root account. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
getgrav grav < 2.0.0-beta.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist getgrav/grav < 2.0.0-beta.2 2.0.0-beta.2 GHSA-rr73-568v-28f8

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