CVE-2026-72555 Peppermint Lab Peppermint - Broken Access Control
Authenticated users can read, modify, or delete tickets, clients, and users belonging to other accounts due to default permission checks being disabled.
- 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-2026-72555?
CVE-2026-72555 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Peppermint, published on 11 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A broken access control vulnerability in Peppermint Lab Peppermint through commit ba6e217 exists because the Config.roles_active flag defaults to false, causing all permission checks on ticket, client, and user handlers to behave as no-ops on default installations. All authenticated users bypass ownership and administrative access controls. An attacker with any user account can read, modify, or delete tickets, clients, and users belonging to any other account.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72555?
How do I fix CVE-2026-72555?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-72555 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-72555 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72555 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jv42-7r5q-7p5r.