Authenticated privilege escalation via session-only authorization
Published Feb 18, 2026 · Updated Feb 18, 2026
Authorization bypass in GoogTech sms-ssm at e8534c766fd13f5f94c01dab475d75f286918a8d allows remote authenticated users to access administrator APIs. LoginInterceptor.preHandle checks only whether the HTTP session contains a user and never verifies that the stored user type is authorized, while AdminController endpoints add no separate role check. Any student account and its session cookie therefore reach administrator operations outside the student's intended permissions.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in GoogTech sms-ssm at e8534c766fd13f5f94c01dab475d75f286918a8d allows remote authenticated users to access administrator APIs. LoginInterceptor.preHandle checks only whether the HTTP session contains a user and never verifies that the stored user type is authorized, while AdminController endpoints add no separate role check. Any student account and its session cookie therefore reach administrator operations outside the student's intended permissions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-2676
- Published
- Feb 18, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 18, 2026
- Vendor
- GoogTech
- Product
- sms-ssm
- Classifications
- CWE-266, CWE-285, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=e8534c766fd13f5f94c01dab475d75f286918a8d
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Public exploit references
- Student-session administrator API reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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