# CVE-2026-40350: Missing authorization in movary

> Low-privileged users can bypass authorization to enumerate all users and create administrator accounts in Movary.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 18 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 20 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7r3f-9fwv-p43w

## What is CVE-2026-40350?

CVE-2026-40350 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in leepeuker movary, published on 18 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Movary is a self hosted web app to track and rate a user's watched movies. Prior to version 0.71.1, an ordinary authenticated user can access the user-management endpoints `/settings/users` and use them to enumerate all users and create a new administrator account. This happens because the route definitions do not enforce admin-only middleware, and the controller-level authorization check uses a broken boolean condition. As a result, any user with a valid web session cookie can reach functionality that should be restricted to administrators. Version 0.71.1 patches the issue.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-40350?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Leepeuker Movary.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-40350?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40350 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-40350 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-40350 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in leepeuker movary

- [CVE-2026-23839](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23839/): Movary vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting with `?categoryUpdated=` param (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-23840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23840/): Movary vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting with `?categoryDeleted=` param (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-23841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23841/): Movary vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting with `?categoryCreated=` param (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-40349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40349/): Authenticated Movary User Can Self-Escalate to Administrator via PUT /settings/users/{userId} by Setting isAdmin=true (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-40348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40348/): Movary has Authenticated SSRF via Jellyfin Server URL Verification that Allows Internal Network Probing (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40350 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-40350 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in leepeuker movary, published on 18 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-40350 exists.

Affected product: leepeuker movary. 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-2026-40350/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40350/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40350
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40350
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40350

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40350/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.