CVE-2026-63727 Anchore Enterprise Privilege Escalation via User Management API
An authenticated attacker can exploit the user management API to escalate privileges and modify user permissions, gaining unauthorized write access.
- 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-2026-63727?
CVE-2026-63727 is a high-severity vulnerability in Anchore Enterprise, published on 28 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Anchore Enterprise versions from 5.11.0 to 5.27.1 and 6.0.0 contain an improper privilege escalation vulnerability in the user management API. An authenticated attacker who is able to access the Anchore Enterprise API could issue an API call capable of modifying user permissions to gain access to additional resources and operations. It is not possible to grant the system-admin role, but a read only user could be granted write access. This issue is fixed in Anchore Enterprise 5.27.2 and 6.0.1.
Weakness: CWE-648
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-63727?
How do I fix CVE-2026-63727?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-63727 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-63727 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-63727 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4r98-xr3x-v6v8.