# CVE-2026-29189: SuiteCRM has a REST API V8 IDOR: Missing ACL Checks on User Preferences and Relationship Endpoints

> Authenticated users can access and modify unauthorized data via REST API endpoints due to missing ACL checks in SuiteCRM.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 19 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m6x8-3hxp-qxwv

## What is CVE-2026-29189?

CVE-2026-29189 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SuiteCRM, published on 19 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SuiteCRM is an open-source, enterprise-ready Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software application. Prior to versions 7.15.1 and 8.9.3, the SuiteCRM REST API V8 has missing ACL (Access Control List) checks on several endpoints, allowing authenticated users to access and manipulate data they should not have permission to interact with. Versions 7.15.1 and 8.9.3 patch the issue.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-29189?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Suitecrm Suitecrm.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-29189?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-29189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-29189 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-29189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SuiteCRM

- [CVE-2026-29103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29103/): SuiteCRM Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Module Loader Package Scanner Bypass (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-29099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29099/): SuiteCRM has Authenticated Blind SQL Injection in OutboundEmail Legacy Functionality. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-33288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33288/): SuiteCRM has Authenticated SQL Injection in Authentication Module (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-33289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33289/): SuiterCRM has LDAP Filter Injection in Authentication Module (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-29109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29109/): SuiteCRM Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Deserialization in SavedSearch Filter Processing (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-29189 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-29189 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SuiteCRM, published on 19 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-29189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SuiteCRM. 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-2026-29189/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29189/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-29189
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29189
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-29189

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29189/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.