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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Network-reachable API requires high privileges (org admin); no scope change as impact stays within the application; availability impact is low since the primary harm is credential modification, not disruption.
Primary rating from Vendor (CIRCL).
CVSS VectorVendor: CIRCL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Affected versions of Flowintel contain an authorization flaw in the administrative user-edit API.
The existing authorization check correctly prevented an organization administrator from editing users in another organization, but it did not prevent them from editing a full administrator within their own organization. As a result, an org admin could modify that full administrator account, including changing its password. The upstream commit explicitly describes the issue as:
“Org admin can change the password of a full admin in the same organization.”
The fix adds a higher-privilege boundary check:
if user_to_edit.is_admin(): return ... 403
so organization administrators can no longer modify full administrator accounts.
Version impacted >=3.3.0
AnalysisAI
Privilege escalation in Flowintel's administrative user-edit API allows an organization administrator to modify full administrator accounts within their own organization, including resetting passwords, effectively enabling account takeover of a higher-privileged identity. Affected versions are 3.3.0 and above, as confirmed by upstream commit ffe64d1133b7d84909a69661bd5fee607e9ce757 which adds the missing role-hierarchy boundary check. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires the attacker to possess valid organization administrator (org admin) credentials within the target Flowintel instance - this is confirmed by the CVSS PR:H rating and the authorization context described in the patch. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L) scores 8.6, reflecting network reachability and high confidentiality/integrity impact, tempered by the high-privilege prerequisite. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker who has obtained or holds org admin credentials within a Flowintel instance sends a crafted POST request to the administrative user-edit API endpoint, targeting a full administrator account in the same organization. By supplying a new password in the request body, the attacker resets the full admin's credentials and subsequently authenticates as that higher-privileged account. … |
| Remediation | Apply the upstream patch available at https://github.com/flowintel/flowintel/commit/ffe64d1133b7d84909a69661bd5fee607e9ce757.patch, which adds the is_admin() boundary check to the user-edit API handler. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours, identify all Flowintel instances running version 3.3.0 or later and audit recent administrator account changes for unauthorized modifications. …
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EUVD-2026-67125
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