Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged local user
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ExploitInvoke resource missing authorization check
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ExecutionEscalate to higher privileges
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ImpactFull compromise of confidentiality, integrity and availability
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
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 the attacker to already have local access to the host and an authenticated low-privileged account on eta-register (AV:L, PR:L); no user interaction is needed (UI:N) and attack complexity is low (AC:L). The flaw is a missing authorization check (CWE-862) that lets such a user escalate privileges in eta-register versions from 2.0.8 up to but not including 2.0.9. The exact feature, endpoint, or request that fails the authorization check is not described in the available sources. Limiting factors: the vulnerability is not remotely reachable and cannot be triggered by an unauthenticated or purely external attacker, so exposure is confined to systems where untrusted users can obtain a local, low-privilege session; updating to 2.0.9 is the stated resolution. |
| Impact | This is a locally-exploitable privilege-escalation flaw (CWE-862 Missing Authorization) with a vendor/CERT-assigned CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vector is internally consistent and credible: it is NOT remotely reachable (AV:L) and requires an attacker to already hold a low-privileged account (PR:L), but once that foothold exists the attack is low-complexity, needs no user interaction, and yields full confidentiality, integrity and availability impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis - the input provides no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no PoC/exploit reference - so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from the data and nothing here indicates active exploitation. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', which positions this as a prompt-but-not-emergency remediation; that is consistent with a high technical impact tempered by the local-access and prior-privilege prerequisites. Net: a genuine escalation risk for environments where untrusted or semi-trusted users can authenticate to the product, but the local vector plus required low privileges substantially limit mass or opportunistic exploitation relative to a network-facing bug of the same CVSS. Note one labeling tension: the 'Authentication Bypass' tag conflicts with CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and PR:L - this is a missing-authorization/privilege-escalation issue for an already-authenticated user, not a pre-auth bypass. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A user who already holds a low-privileged, authenticated account on a host running eta-register invokes a function or resource that lacks a proper authorization check, and thereby gains higher privileges than their role should permit. Because the CVSS vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N, the action is performed locally, is low-complexity, and needs no interaction from another user. No public exploit code is identified in the available data; the specific vulnerable feature or request that bypasses the authorization check is not described in the advisory. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026
Missing authorization in eta-register versions 2.0.8 and later but before 2.0.9 lets a locally present, low-privileged authenticated user escalate privileges within the application, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability (CVSS 3.1: 7.8, AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N). The flaw is a CWE-862 missing authorization check reported by TR-CERT; the specific feature, endpoint or request that skips the check is not described in the available sources. No public exploit code is identified in the supplied data and the issue is not in CISA KEV; updating to 2.0.9 is the stated resolution, and priority is rated for handling this week.
RemediationAI
Update eta-register to version 2.0.9, which is the stated resolution for versions 2.0.8 and later; the TR-CERT advisory at https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-26-1440 should be reviewed for the vendor's guidance before rollout. Because exploitation requires an existing local, low-privileged session, limiting which users can obtain local access or an eta-register account on affected hosts reduces exposure until the upgrade is applied, at the cost of restricting legitimate local workflows; no further workaround is specified in the available sources.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
eta-register is a software product from TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute, identified in the CPE data as cpe:2.3:a:tübi̇tak_bi̇lgem_software_technologies_research_institute:eta-register. The root cause class is CWE-862 Missing Authorization: a code path performs an action without verifying that the requesting principal holds the required permission or role. Per the assessed vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), the attacker must already hold a local, authenticated low-privileged account; no user interaction is needed, complexity is low, and the scope remains within the same security authority. The exact component, endpoint or request that fails the authorization check is not described in the available sources, so the precise escalation mechanism remains unverified.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Missing authorization exploited by an already-authenticated low-privileged local user (AV:L, PR:L, AC:L, UI:N), yielding full privilege escalation with high C/I/A and no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (TR-CERT).
CVSS VectorVendor: TR-CERT
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute eta-register allows Privilege Escalation.
This issue affects eta-register: from 2.0.8 before 2.0.9.
Executive ViewAI
The eta-register application, versions 2.0.8 through 2.0.9, contains a high-severity authorization flaw that allows an authenticated low-privileged local user to escalate privileges, compromising data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Since eta-register is used to manage electronic time and attendance records, an attacker could manipulate or expose sensitive employee and payroll data, making this a priority for security leadership this week.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
EUVD-2026-115146
GHSA-wc8q-j59v-43c2
NVD
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