CVE-2026-25040 Budibase Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via API Abuse – Creator Can Invite Users with Admin/Any Role

Medium 5.7 Published 29 Jan 2026 Updated 2 Feb 2026

A Creator user can exploit API flaws to invite users with Admin roles, enabling full privilege escalation and potential workspace takeover.

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-2026-25040?

CVE-2026-25040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in budibase, published on 29 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Budibase is a low code platform for creating internal tools, workflows, and admin panels. In versions up to and including 3.26.3, a Creator-level user, who normally has no UI permission to invite users, can manipulate API requests to invite new users with any role, including Admin, Creator, or App Viewer, and assign them to any group in the organization. This allows full privilege escalation, bypassing UI restrictions, and can lead to complete takeover of the workspace or organization. As of time of publication, no known fixed versions are available.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-25040?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Budibase Budibase.

How do I fix CVE-2026-25040?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-25040 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-25040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-25040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4wfw-r86x-qxrm.