BIT-AUTHENTIK-2026-40172 authentik: Privilege Escalation via User PATCH: Superuser Group Assignment Bypasses enable_group_superuser

authentik is an open-source identity provider. In versions prior to 2025.12.5 and 2026.2.0 through 2026.2.2, the PATCH /api/v3/core/users/pk/ API allows a caller with changeuser on a target user to assign arbitrary groups through UserSerializer, including groups with issuperuser=True, without...

CVE-2026-40172

The CVE-2026-40172 entry concerns authentik (open-source ID provider). A flaw in PATCH /api/v3/core/users/{pk}/ lets a caller with change_user on a target user assign arbitrary groups via UserSerializer, including groups with is_superuser=True, without requiring enable_group_superuser. This resul...

CVE-2026-40172 authentik: Privilege Escalation via User PATCH: Superuser Group Assignment Bypasses enable_group_superuser

authentik is an open-source identity provider. In versions prior to 2025.12.5 and 2026.2.0-rc1 through 2026.2.2, the PATCH /api/v3/core/users/pk/ API allows a caller with changeuser on a target user to assign arbitrary groups through UserSerializer, including groups with issuperuser=True, without...

authentik 安全漏洞

Authentik is an open-source identity provisioning application developed by Authentik. Versions of Authentik prior to 2025.12.5, as well as versions from 2026.2.0-rc1 to 2026.2.2, contained security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stemmed from the PATCH /api/v3/core/users/pk/ API, which...

Design/Logic Flaw

Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1 before Fix pack 1 8.1.0.1 allows a place manager to "demote or delete a place superuser group" via unknown vectors...