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GHSA-j9fc-w3mr-x6mv: Budibase: Privilege escalation via public role assignment API missing app-level authorization

July 24, 2026 (updated August 12, 2026)

Budibase 3.39.19 (commit 03fbabae4) is affected by a privilege-escalation / missing-authorization flaw in the public role-assignment API. An app-scoped builder (a user who builds only specific apps — user.builder.apps = [appA], not a global builder or admin) can grant themselves builder access to ANY other app in the tenant, or assign themselves/any user an arbitrary data-plane role (e.g. ADMIN) in any app, by calling POST /api/public/v1/roles/assign. The endpoint only authorizes the two global flags (admin, builder); the per-app appBuilder and role:{appId,roleId} grant vectors are passed to the backend without any authorization check that the caller controls the target app. Reproduced in a local authorized lab using the verbatim authorization-gate and SDK logic.

This is an incomplete fix of the role-assignment hardening in commit d63d1d9054 (“Inline public user global role validation”), which only ever validated the global flags.

References

  • github.com/Budibase/budibase/releases/tag/3.40.0
  • github.com/Budibase/budibase/security/advisories/GHSA-j9fc-w3mr-x6mv
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-j9fc-w3mr-x6mv
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73305

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Affected versions

All versions up to 3.38.1

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Source file

npm/@budibase/server/GHSA-j9fc-w3mr-x6mv.yml

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