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

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Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description 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
Title Flowintel Organization Administrator Can Reset Full Administrator Password and Escalate Privileges
Weaknesses CWE-269
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CIRCL

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T19:42:43.350Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T13:14:18.676Z

Link: CVE-2026-81818

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-27T17:21:05.340

Modified: 2026-08-27T20:18:55.920

Link: CVE-2026-81818

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T19:15:03Z

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