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LeafWiki Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via User Self-Service Update

Published Aug 21, 2026

Description

LeafWiki is a self-hosted wiki. Versions 0.1.0 through 0.10.0 have a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user update API. An authenticated user could update their own account role and escalate privileges from a regular user, such as `viewer`, to `admin`. Exploitation requires a valid authenticated LeafWiki user account. Instances without public registration and with only trusted users are at lower practical risk. Users should update to version 0.10.1 or greater. Until a patch is available, operators should restrict account creation and ensure that only trusted users have accounts on affected LeafWiki instances. If possible, access to the user update API should be restricted to trusted users or administrators only.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Aug 21, 2026
Updated Aug 24, 2026
Reserved Jun 9, 2026
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Aug 24, 2026
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Sep 9, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a