# CVE-2025-46544: Privilege escalation in Orchestrator

> A low-privileged user in Sherpa Orchestrator can elevate privileges by creating new users and roles, requiring administrative attention.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 25 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6f6h-2hc4-8gjc

## What is CVE-2025-46544?

CVE-2025-46544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sherpa Orchestrator, published on 25 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Sherpa Orchestrator 141851, a low-privileged user can elevate their privileges by creating new users and roles.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46544?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sherparpa Sherpa Orchestrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-46544?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46544 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46544 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sherpa Orchestrator

- [CVE-2025-46547](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46547/): Cross-site request forgery in Orchestrator (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-46545](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46545/): Cross-site scripting in Orchestrator (medium 4.4)
- [CVE-2025-46546](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46546/): SQL injection in Orchestrator (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46544 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sherpa Orchestrator, published on 25 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sherpa Orchestrator. 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-2025-46544/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46544/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46544
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46544
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46544

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46544/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.