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CVE-2026-42571

9.0 criticalEPSS 0.3%

Pelican is a platform for creating data federations. From versions 7.21.0 to before 7.21.5, 7.22.0 to before 7.22.3, 7.23.0 to before 7.23.3, and 7.24.0 to before 7.24.2, there is a a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pelican's Web User Interface (WebUI). This attack allows any user authenticated to the WebUI via OAuth to gain admin privileges under certain configurations. This issue has been patched in versions 7.21.5, 7.22.3, 7.23.3, and 7.24.2.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

9.0 critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-863
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-rpfr-x88x-xwcwGogithub.com/pelicanplatform/pelican<0.0.0-20260408120501-7f73b9c3e6770.0.0-20260408120501-7f73b9c3e677
GO-2026-5632Gogithub.com/pelicanplatform/pelican<0.0.0-20260408120501-7f73b9c3e6770.0.0-20260408120501-7f73b9c3e677

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