CVE-2026-72826 Grav API Plugin before 1.0.13 Scope Bypass via createApiKey
Attackers with minimal API scopes can create unscoped super keys, escalating privileges and potentially achieving remote code execution.
- 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-2026-72826?
CVE-2026-72826 is a high-severity vulnerability in getgrav grav-plugin-api, published on 14 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The getgrav/grav-plugin-api plugin before 1.0.13 fails to validate that the scopes of a newly created API key are a subset of the caller's scopes in createApiKey. The self-target path of requireApiKeyPermission() requires only the baseline api.access scope, and the new key's scopes are read directly from the request body with no subset check. An attacker holding a minimal-scope API key on a super account can submit an empty scopes array to mint an unscoped, full-access super key, bypassing scope restrictions (and enabling further chains such as configuration write to RCE).
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72826?
How do I fix CVE-2026-72826?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-72826 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-72826 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-72826 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6959-h8j7-rr7m.