🛡️ CVE-2026-44914 — nifi

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-862 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache NiFi: Missing Authorization of Restricted Permissions when Replacing Flow Contents

Apache NiFi 1.12.0 through 2.9.0 are missing authorization when replacing Process Groups that include extension components with specific Required Permissions based on the Restricted annotation. The Restricted annotation indicates additional privileges required, but framework authorization did not check restricted status when handling requests to replace Process Groups. The missing authorization permits a user with general write access to add components with Restricted status. Apache NiFi installations that do not implement specific authorization for Restricted components are not subject to this vulnerability because the framework enforces write permissions as the security boundary. Upgrading to Apache NiFi 2.9.0 is the recommended mitigation, which removes the implementation of Restricted status authorization from the framework.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

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

Weakness class

CVE-2026-44914 is classified as CWE-862: Missing Authorization. No authorisation check is performed before carrying out a restricted action.

Affected software

CVE-2026-44914 is recorded against 1 package.

  • nifi

Timeline and source

Published on 24 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openwall.com (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-862
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nifi — —

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