CVE-2026-42185 People: Privilege Escalation via Missing Role Ceiling in Mail Domain Invitation
An authenticated Administrator can escalate privileges to Owner on a mail domain by sending a crafted invitation request, bypassing role ceilings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-42185?
CVE-2026-42185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in suitenumerique people, published on 8 May 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
People is an application to handle users and teams, and distribute permissions across La Suite. Prior to version 1.25.0, a user holding the Administrator role on a mail domain could send a crafted invitation request to promote any existing user (including users with no current domain access) to the Owner role. The exploit requires a single authenticated HTTP request and grants full domain ownership immediately, without any acceptance step from the target. This issue has been patched in version 1.25.0.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-42185?
How do I fix CVE-2026-42185?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-42185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-42185 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-42185 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-42cf-rv2h-v8rf.