# CVE-2025-14779: Improper Access Control via Secret Type Management API in WSO2 Identity Server

> Attackers with admin delete permissions can remove secrets across all organizations due to improper access control, causing service interruptions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w9fx-wqmj-rf65

## What is CVE-2025-14779?

CVE-2025-14779 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Wso2 Identity Server, published on 6 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Secret Type Management REST API does not correctly isolate access controls when deleting a secret type. The on-delete cascade logic, when triggered, fails to enforce organizational boundaries, leading to the removal of secrets associated with that type across all organizations.

Exploitation of this vulnerability can result in the unintended deletion of secrets across the entire deployment, potentially causing configuration failures, service interruptions, and a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability requires delete permissions for the Secret Type Management REST API, which are by default only granted to administrators.

Weakness: CWE-281 (Improper Preservation of Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14779?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wso2 Identity Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14779?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14779 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wso2 Identity Server

- [CVE-2016-4311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4311/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-10470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10470/): Denial-of-Service via Magic Link Authentication in WSO2 Identity Server Allows Service Unavailability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2025-12107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12107/): Server-Side Template Injection via Velocity Template Engine in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Remote Code Execution (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2016-4312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4312/): XML external entity in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-10908](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10908/): Account Lock Bypass via Magic Link or Pass Key Authentication in WSO2 Identity Server Allows Unauthorized Access (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14779 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14779 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Wso2 Identity Server, published on 6 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wso2 Identity Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14779/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14779
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14779
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14779

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14779/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.