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Budibase Server EUVDEUVD-2026-67697

| CVE-2026-82245 HIGH
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-08-28 VulnCheck GHSA-mhqc-wm8w-cfvv
7.2
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
    Obtain any valid Budibase user account
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate to platform and retrieve session token
  3. Exploit
    Send DELETE or PUT request to /api/global/license/* endpoint
  4. Execution
    Server skips role authorization check (CWE-862)
  5. Persist
    License key deleted or offline token manipulated
  6. Impact
    Premium features disabled platform-wide for all users

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
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 a valid authenticated Budibase session - any user account role, including the lowest privilege tier, is sufficient. No special server configuration, non-default feature enablement, or elevated access is needed; the vulnerable /api/global/license/* endpoints are present and reachable in all default installations of Budibase before 3.41.3. Unauthenticated access is not possible, which limits exploitation to users with at least a basic platform account. The impact is confined to license state manipulation - disabling premium features or invalidating offline tokens for all users - and does not enable data exfiltration, code execution, or account takeover. Cloud-managed Budibase instances may have additional infrastructure controls that restrict direct API access, but self-hosted deployments are the primary risk surface.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H) is consistent with the description: network-reachable, no complexity, any authenticated user, no interaction needed. High integrity and availability impacts reflect that license deletion immediately affects all platform users, not just the attacker's own session - a denial-of-service via feature stripping. No confidentiality impact is expected since the flaw is write/delete, not read. No EPSS data was provided and the CVE carries no KEV listing, indicating no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis. Despite the absence of a public exploit, the attack is mechanically simple - a single authenticated HTTP DELETE to a known path - and the barrier of 'authenticated user' may be low in organizations with open Budibase registration or shared accounts. The primary risk is availability/integrity disruption to the business, not data exfiltration or lateral movement.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated Budibase user with the lowest-privilege role issues an HTTP DELETE request to /api/global/license/ using their standard session token. The server processes the request without performing a role check, removes the active license key, and immediately strips premium features from the entire deployment for all users. No public exploit code exists at time of analysis, but the attack requires only a valid session and knowledge of the endpoint path, which is documented in Budibase's public API references.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 28, 2026

Missing authorization on license management REST endpoints in Budibase server before 3.41.3 allows any low-privilege authenticated user to delete license keys or manipulate offline tokens via /api/global/license/* - degrading or disabling premium features for the entire deployment. The flaw (CWE-862) is network-exploitable with low complexity and requires only a valid user account, making it accessible to the broadest possible authenticated audience within a deployment. No public exploit or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis, but the attack path is trivially reproducible given endpoint documentation.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Budibase server to version 3.41.3 or later, which introduces proper role-based authorization enforcement on the /api/global/license/* endpoint group per the vendor advisory at https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/security/advisories/GHSA-4wr8-5c3p-rjcr. For deployments that cannot patch immediately, a compensating control is to block or restrict the /api/global/license/* API path at the reverse proxy or WAF layer, permitting only requests originating from administrator IP ranges or authenticated admin sessions - note this may interrupt legitimate license management workflows until the patch is applied. Additionally, audit active user accounts and disable any non-essential or low-trust accounts to reduce the pool of potential attackers while the patch is pending.

Affected VersionsENISA

Server 0 <3.41.3

Affected Packages

euvd server fix: 3.41.3

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Budibase is an open-source low-code platform for building internal business tools, typically self-hosted behind organizational access controls. The affected component is the Budibase server (cpe:2.3:a:budibase:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), specifically its global API layer. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the /api/global/license/* REST endpoints perform license key deletion and offline token manipulation without validating whether the authenticated caller holds an administrative or privileged role. Role-based access control (RBAC) is implemented elsewhere in Budibase but was not applied to this endpoint group, creating an authorization gap where user-tier accounts inherit license-admin capabilities by omission.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 7.2 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 8.1 HIGH

Network-reachable endpoint, any authenticated user, no interaction; integrity and availability both high due to platform-wide license impact, no confidentiality loss.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/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
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 28, 2026 - 13:17 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 28, 2026 - 10:49 cve.org
HIGH 7.2

DescriptionCVE.org

Budibase before 3.41.3 fails to enforce role-based authorization on license management endpoints, allowing any authenticated user to delete license keys or manipulate offline tokens. Attackers with basic user privileges can access /api/global/license/* endpoints to disable premium features and downgrade deployments for all users.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A Budibase server flaw exposes license management functions to any low-privilege authenticated user, enabling deletion of license keys and corruption of premium feature tokens. Organizations running vulnerable versions risk losing access to critical business capabilities across their entire deployment.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch (upgrade to Budibase 3.41.3 or later).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
open-source low-code platform, primarily niche self-hosted deployments
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment GitHub VulDB

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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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