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CVE-2026-23526

CVAT is an open source interactive video and image annotation tool for computer vision. In versions 1.0.0 through 2.54.0

CVAT is an open source interactive video and image annotation tool for computer vision. In versions 1.0.0 through 2.54.0, users that have the staff status may freely change their permissions, including giving themselves superuser status and joining the admin group, which gives them full access to the data in the CVAT instance. Version 2.55.0 fixes the issue.

As a workaround, review the list of users with staff status and revoke it from any users that are not expected to have superuser privileges.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.00063
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Weakness Classification

CWE-267Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
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Affected Products & Versions

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cvat computer vision annotation tool>= 1.0.0 and < 2.55.0
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security-advisories@github.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD21 Jan 2026 · 10:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/cvat-ai/cvat/commit/88ac7aa4d5b52271a30f1aa387c0f5745f8f77d4Patch
https://github.com/cvat-ai/cvat/security/advisories/GHSA-7pvv-w55f-qmw7MitigationVendor Advisory
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