🛡️ CVE-2026-16764

🟡 CVSS 6.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-266 NVD
6.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A vulnerability was identified in OWASP DefectDojo 2.59.0. This issue affects the function UserSerializer of the file dojo/api_v2/serializers.py of the component API/Web. Such manipulation of the argument is_staff leads to improper privilege management. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 2.58.3 and 3.0.0 is capable of addressing this issue. The name of the patch is 68a272f299d096249fd3ba9c2676bf69012857bf. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. 2.59.0 was not intended to be released and has been removed.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Affected software

CVE-2026-16764 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 23 July 2026 and last revised on 24 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-266
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-23
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
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