The application's role-authorization lookup defaults to granting access when a request handler's name is not present in its table of role requirements, rather than defaulting to deny. Any request handler that is not explicitly registered in this table is reachable by any authenticated user regardless of their assigned role, and any newly added handler is fail-open by default until explicitly added to the table.

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Solution

The latest version of Malcolm (September 2026 or later) fixes these vulnerabilities. Affected users are encouraged to update their instance of Malcolm to the latest version.


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History

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Title Fail‑Open Role Authorization Leading to Privilege Escalation in Malcolm

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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Description The application's role-authorization lookup defaults to granting access when a request handler's name is not present in its table of role requirements, rather than defaulting to deny. Any request handler that is not explicitly registered in this table is reachable by any authenticated user regardless of their assigned role, and any newly added handler is fail-open by default until explicitly added to the table.
Weaknesses CWE-863
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-11T21:50:11.417Z

Reserved: 2026-09-11T21:00:09.301Z

Link: CVE-2026-90450

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T22:16:47.220

Modified: 2026-09-11T22:16:47.220

Link: CVE-2026-90450

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Updated: 2026-09-12T09:15:12Z

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