# CVE-2026-111366: cool-admin-midway through 8.0.0 Authorization Bypass via /admin/sys/user Endpoints

> Attackers with user management permissions can bypass department restrictions to read, modify, or delete user accounts outside their scope.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ghj7-f59x-5hw6

## What is CVE-2026-111366?

CVE-2026-111366 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in cool-team-official cool-admin-midway, published on 15 Oct 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

cool-admin-midway through 8.0.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows department-limited admins to manage users outside their departments by supplying arbitrary user ids. Attackers holding sys:user:* permissions can call /admin/sys/user/info, update, or delete to read records, reset passwords and roles, or delete accounts.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111366?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-111366?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111366 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-111366 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-111366 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-111366 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-111366 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in cool-team-official cool-admin-midway, published on 15 Oct 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-111366 exists.

Affected product: cool-team-official cool-admin-midway. 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-2026-111366/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111366/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111366
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111366
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-111366

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111366/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.