CVE-2026-111445 Missing authorization in Wheels
Attackers can bypass scope-based authorization to read, modify, or delete other users' records via key-based lookups in the Wheels library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-111445?
CVE-2026-111445 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Wheels, published on 16 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Wheels 4.0.0 through 4.1.2 before 4.2.0 replaces incoming scope conditions with a primary-key condition in findByKey() and exists(key=). For exists(key=), production with error information disabled returns true for an out-of-scope key instead of throwing. Applications relying on scopes for ownership or tenant authorization can therefore load and subsequently modify or delete another user's or tenant's record when the key comes from a request. The 4.2.0 fix combines key conditions with incoming scope, query-builder or where conditions in findByKey(), exists(key=), updateByKey() and deleteByKey(). Other scope-aware finders, aggregates, updateAll() and deleteAll() are not affected.
Weakness: CWE-669
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111445?
How do I fix CVE-2026-111445?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-111445 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-111445 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2qh9-qcxq-f8qc, GHSA-r2r4-mr5f-x9qg.