{"id":"CVE-2026-34406","aliases":["EUVD-2026-17671","GHSA-gv25-wp4h-9c35"],"status":"published","title":"APTRS: Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment of is_superuser in User Edit Endpoint","description":"APTRS (Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System) is a Python and Django-based automated reporting tool designed for penetration testers and security organizations. Prior to version 2.0.1, the edit_user endpoint (POST /api/auth/edituser/\u003cpk\u003e) allows Any user who can reach that endpoint and submit crafted permission to escalate their own account (or any other account) to superuser by including \"is_superuser\": true in the request body. The root cause is that CustomUserSerializer explicitly includes is_superuser in its fields list but omits it from read_only_fields, making it a writable field. The edit_user view performs no additional validation to prevent non-superusers from modifying this field. Once is_superuser is set to true, gaining unrestricted access to all application functionality without requiring re-authentication. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.1.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00524,"percentile":0.44911,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-915"],"published":"2026-03-31T21:18:51Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:58Z","products":[{"vendor":"aptrs","product":"aptrs"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/APTRS/APTRS/security/advisories/GHSA-gv25-wp4h-9c35","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/APTRS/APTRS/commit/d1f1b3a5d1953082af8e075712ca29742e900d56","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/APTRS/APTRS/releases/tag/2.0.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/34xxx/CVE-2026-34406.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34406","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-34406","title":"APTRS: Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment of is_superuser in User Edit Endpoint","description":"APTRS (Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System) is a Python and Django-based automated reporting tool designed for penetration testers and security organizations. Prior to version 2.0.1, the edit_user endpoint (POST /api/auth/edituser/\u003cpk\u003e) allows Any user who can reach that endpoint and submit crafted permission to escalate their own account (or any other account) to superuser by including \"is_superuser\": true in the request body. The root cause is that CustomUserSerializer explicitly includes is_superuser in its fields list but omits it from read_only_fields, making it a writable field. The edit_user view performs no additional validation to prevent non-superusers from modifying this field. Once is_superuser is set to true, gaining unrestricted access to all application functionality without requiring re-authentication. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-31T21:18:51.205Z","modified":"2026-04-03T16:38:03.75Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-915"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:14.665567Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-17671","description":"APTRS (Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System) is a Python and Django-based automated reporting tool designed for penetration testers and security organizations. Prior to version 2.0.1, the edit_user endpoint (POST /api/auth/edituser/\u003cpk\u003e) allows Any user who can reach that endpoint and submit crafted permission to escalate their own account (or any other account) to superuser by including \"is_superuser\": true in the request body. The root cause is that CustomUserSerializer explicitly includes is_superuser in its fields list but omits it from read_only_fields, making it a writable field. The edit_user view performs no additional validation to prevent non-superusers from modifying this field. Once is_superuser is set to true, gaining unrestricted access to all application functionality without requiring re-authentication. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-31T21:18:51Z","modified":"2026-04-03T16:38:03Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:25:16.550278Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-34406","description":"APTRS (Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System) is a Python and Django-based automated reporting tool designed for penetration testers and security organizations. Prior to version 2.0.1, the edit_user endpoint (POST /api/auth/edituser/\u003cpk\u003e) allows Any user who can reach that endpoint and submit crafted permission to escalate their own account (or any other account) to superuser by including \"is_superuser\": true in the request body. The root cause is that CustomUserSerializer explicitly includes is_superuser in its fields list but omits it from read_only_fields, making it a writable field. The edit_user view performs no additional validation to prevent non-superusers from modifying this field. Once is_superuser is set to true, gaining unrestricted access to all application functionality without requiring re-authentication. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-31T22:16:18.99Z","modified":"2026-07-24T21:10:00.143Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-915"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:12.261218Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-34406","title":"APTRS: Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment of is_superuser in User Edit Endpoint","description":"APTRS (Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System) is a Python and Django-based automated reporting tool designed for penetration testers and security organizations. Prior to version 2.0.1, the edit_user endpoint (POST /api/auth/edituser/\u003cpk\u003e) allows Any user who can reach that endpoint and submit crafted permission to escalate their own account (or any other account) to superuser by including \"is_superuser\": true in the request body. The root cause is that CustomUserSerializer explicitly includes is_superuser in its fields list but omits it from read_only_fields, making it a writable field. The edit_user view performs no additional validation to prevent non-superusers from modifying this field. Once is_superuser is set to true, gaining unrestricted access to all application functionality without requiring re-authentication. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-31T21:18:51.205Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:58.307252772Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-915"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:02.247031Z"}]}}