CVE-2026-42571 Privilege Escalation Attack affecting Pelican Web UI

Pelican is a platform for creating data federations. From versions 7.21.0 to before 7.21.5, 7.22.0 to before 7.22.3, 7.23.0 to before 7.23.3, and 7.24.0 to before 7.24.2, there is a a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pelican's Web User Interface WebUI. This attack allows any user...

Pelican Web UI Affected by a Privilege Escalation Attack

Background On April 2nd, 2026, a Claude coding agent alerted Pelican PI Brian Bockelman to a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pelican's Web User Interface WebUI for various versions between v7.21 and v7.24. Upon further investigation, the Pelican team discovered this attack allows any...