{"id":"CVE-2025-64421","aliases":["EUVD-2025-206239","GHSA-4p6r-m39m-9cm9"],"status":"published","title":"Coolify has a privilege escalation - low privileged user can invite themselves as an admin user","description":"Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable tool for managing servers, applications, and databases. In Coolify versions up to and including v4.0.0-beta.434, a low privileged user (member) can invite a high privileged user. At first, the application will throw an error, but if the attacker clicks the invite button a second time, it actually works. This way, a low privileged user can invite themselves as an administrator to the Coolify instance. After the high privileged user is invited, the attacker can initiate a password reset and log in with the new admin. As of time of publication, it is unclear if a patch is available.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00302,"percentile":0.23203,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-863"],"published":"2026-01-05T19:42:46Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:42Z","products":[{"vendor":"coollabs","product":"coolify"},{"vendor":"coollabsio","product":"coolify"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/security/advisories/GHSA-4p6r-m39m-9cm9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YZHFgiZv_k9p9909A63DAErsTsh8K1rc/view?usp=drive_link","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Exploit","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/64xxx/CVE-2025-64421.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64421","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-64421","title":"Coolify has a privilege escalation - low privileged user can invite themselves as an admin user","description":"Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable tool for managing servers, applications, and databases. 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In Coolify versions up to and including v4.0.0-beta.434, a low privileged user (member) can invite a high privileged user. At first, the application will throw an error, but if the attacker clicks the invite button a second time, it actually works. This way, a low privileged user can invite themselves as an administrator to the Coolify instance. After the high privileged user is invited, the attacker can initiate a password reset and log in with the new admin. As of time of publication, it is unclear if a patch is available.","status":"published","published":"2026-01-05T20:16:02.86Z","modified":"2026-10-07T10:10:00.213Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:55.613137Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-64421","title":"Coolify has a privilege escalation - low privileged user can invite themselves as an admin user","description":"Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable tool for managing servers, applications, and databases. In Coolify versions up to and including v4.0.0-beta.434, a low privileged user (member) can invite a high privileged user. 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