CVE-2026-119654 — Devlive-community
HIGHCVE-2026-119654 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) CWE-862 vulnerability. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
DataCap through 2025.1.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to escalate privileges by calling administrative role and menu management…
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-119654.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Description
DataCap through 2025.1.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to escalate privileges by calling administrative role and menu management APIs. Attackers, including self-registered accounts, can send PUT requests to /api/v1/user/allocationRole to assign themselves the administrator role and gain full control of the instance.
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Remediation status
No fixed release is recorded for CVE-2026-119654 yet. Track the upstream advisory, and apply the exposure-reduction steps below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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