Severity:
HIGH RISK
(8.1)
Privilege Management Bypass in authentik User Update API
CVE-2026-40172
Deferred
Vulnerability Type
Category:
Privilege Management Bypass
CWE:
CWE-269
Impact:
Privilege Escalation to Administrator-Equivalent Access
Severity:
HIGH RISK
(8.1)
CVSS Version:
3.1
Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written
Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.
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