Builder-to-admin escalation via unchecked onboard role assignment
Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 27, 2026
Privilege escalation in Budibase before 3.38.1 allows remote authenticated users with builder access to create a global admin account. The onboardUsers route admits builders, then bulkCreate writes unchecked admin and builder fields supplied through the request body. Exploitation requires a self-hosted instance without SMTP configuration; the generated password grants immediate control of the new global administrator account.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Budibase before 3.38.1 allows remote authenticated users with builder access to create a global admin account. The onboardUsers route admits builders, then bulkCreate writes unchecked admin and builder fields supplied through the request body. Exploitation requires a self-hosted instance without SMTP configuration; the generated password grants immediate control of the new global administrator account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-45716
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Updated
- May 27, 2026
- Vendor
- Budibase
- Product
- Budibase
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1136
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 3.38.1
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Public exploit references
- GitHub advisory HTTP proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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