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Strapi CVE-2026-108114

| EUVDEUVD-2026-96338 MEDIUM
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-10-10 VulnCheck GHSA-wmch-qg2f-grh3
5.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with pre-existing admin API token
  2. Delivery
    Administrator field-restricts the owner's role
  3. Exploit
    Query Content Manager content API
  4. Execution
    Reconciliation ignores null-field token permissions
  5. Impact
    Read content fields removed from role

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a pre-existing Strapi admin API token whose stored Content Manager permissions were created with omitted or null field entries (all-field access), AND an administrator must subsequently field-restrict the token owner's role expecting access to be reduced. The flaw is that reconcileTokenPermissionsToUserCeiling skips token permissions with null or omitted fields, so the token retains all-field read access. Limiting factors: a valid admin API token is required (PR:L, so not unauthenticated), only read access to content fields is exposed (no write/delete, no integrity or availability impact), and only Strapi versions 5.47.0 through 5.57.0 are affected. There is no user interaction and the vector is network/API-reachable.

Impact

This is a moderate, not urgent, priority. The CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.3 (vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw that nonetheless requires low privileges (PR:L) - specifically a pre-existing admin API token - and yields only low confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect. Publicly available exploit code exists (VulnCheck advisory plus a HackMD write-up), which raises the practical likelihood of use by someone who already holds a token. However, there is NO CISA KEV listing, so this is not confirmed actively exploited, and the attack is not a path to initial access: it only lets an already-authenticated token holder keep reading content fields an administrator believed they had removed. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified here. The signals are internally consistent - low impact, requires existing privilege, read-only - and point to a targeted insider/privilege-retention concern rather than a mass-exploitable remote vulnerability. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag is slightly misleading: CWE-863 and the description describe an improper authorization (permission-reconciliation) failure, not a bypass of authentication.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An organization issues an admin API token to an integration while its owner holds a broad role, then later field-restricts that role to hide sensitive content fields. Because the token's stored permissions have null or omitted fields that reconciliation skips, the token holder (or anyone who obtained the token) continues to read the supposedly-removed fields via the Content Manager API. Public proof-of-concept exploit code for this behavior is available.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 10, 2026

Improper authorization in Strapi 5.47.0 through 5.57.0 allows authenticated holders of pre-existing admin API tokens to retain all-field Content Manager read access after an administrator field-restricts the token owner's role, because the reconciliation routine skips token permissions whose field entries are omitted or null. Publicly available exploit code exists, but exploitation requires a valid admin API token and only exposes read access to content fields, with no write, integrity or availability impact. CISA KEV does not list this issue and the assessed severity is moderate (CVSS 3.1 5.3, AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

RemediationAI

No exact fixed version is provided in the available intelligence; the affected code path is documented through v5.57.0, so upgrading to the latest available Strapi release and verifying the api-token.ts reconciliation logic is the primary path, and the fix status should be confirmed with the vendor advisory before relying on it. Because the flaw is triggered by tokens whose stored permissions have omitted or null field entries, an immediate compensating control is to rotate and revoke all admin API tokens that were created with all-field Content Manager permissions, then recreate them with explicit field lists so the reconciler cannot skip them; this invalidates existing integrations and requires reissuing credentials. Additionally, re-apply or explicitly set field restrictions at the token level, audit admin API token usage and Content Manager read logs for unexpected access, and restrict network reachability to the Strapi admin API (for example, allow-list trusted integration hosts or place it behind a VPN) as a defense-in-depth measure with the trade-off of reduced automation flexibility. See https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/strapi-5.47.0-through-5.57.0-improper-authorization-via-admin-api-token-field-permissions and https://hackmd.io/@haind/strapi-admin-token-field-ceiling for details.

Affected VersionsENISA

Strapi 5.47.0 ≤5.57.0

Affected Packages

euvd strapi no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Strapi is a headless CMS whose admin panel issues API tokens with scoped permissions, including Content Manager permissions that can be restricted to specific fields. The vulnerable code, reconcileTokenPermissionsToUserCeiling in packages/core/admin/server/src/services/api-token.ts (lines 488-498 in v5.57.0), is responsible for lowering a token's effective permissions to match the current role ceiling when an administrator removes fields from a role; it ignores any token permission whose field list is omitted or null, so such tokens remain treated as all-field grants. This is CWE-863 (incorrect authorization), a broken access-control class where the authorization check fails to enforce the intended policy. CPE cpe:2.3:a:strapi:strapi:* applies to the affected 5.47.0-5.57.0 range.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

A valid admin API token is required so PR:L; the API is network-reachable with no added complexity (AV:N/AC:L); impact is read-only exposure of restricted fields, so C:L and I:N/A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Strapi 5.47.0 through 5.57.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows admin API tokens to retain all-field Content Manager access after the owner's role is field-restricted. Because reconcileTokenPermissionsToUserCeiling ignores token permissions with omitted or null fields, token holders can keep reading content fields an administrator removed from the role.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular open-source headless CMS, moderate production footprint
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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