CVE-2026-18275 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in eScriptorium
Authenticated users can overwrite other users' document content by manipulating part primary keys due to improper queryset restrictions in serializers.
- 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-2026-18275?
CVE-2026-18275 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Scripta eScriptorium, published on 6 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Authorization bypass in the process and annotation taxonomy serializers in Scripta eScriptorium through 26.04.1 allows a remote authenticated user to run segmentation and transcription against other users' document parts, overwriting their content, via part primary keys supplied to a many=True related field whose queryset restriction was applied to the ManyRelatedField instead of its child_relation and therefore had no effect
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-18275?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Escriptorium Escriptorium.
How do I fix CVE-2026-18275?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18275 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-2026-18275 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18275 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Scripta eScriptorium
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mrh-554p-w3v7.