Server admin escalation via async JS command
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026
Privilege escalation in Arcade Data ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 allows remote authenticated users to create a server-wide administrator via /api/v1/command. PostCommandHandler passes attacker-controlled language and awaitResponse values into executeCommandAsync, and the arcadedb-async worker initializes DatabaseContext without setCurrentUser, so the JavaScript scripting permission check returns early on a null principal. Exploitation requires valid low-privilege database credentials and the HTTP command endpoint, but a read-only user can then call database.getSecurity().createUser(...) and gain server-wide administrative control.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Arcade Data ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 allows remote authenticated users to create a server-wide administrator via /api/v1/command. PostCommandHandler passes attacker-controlled language and awaitResponse values into executeCommandAsync, and the arcadedb-async worker initializes DatabaseContext without setCurrentUser, so the JavaScript scripting permission check returns early on a null principal. Exploitation requires valid low-privilege database credentials and the HTTP command endpoint, but a read-only user can then call database.getSecurity().createUser(...) and gain server-wide administrative control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-75851
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Arcade Data
- Product
- ArcadeDB
- Classifications
- CWE-269, CWE-862, T1068, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <26.8.1
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Public exploit references
- GitHub advisory proof of concept for async command escalationproof of concept · demonstrated
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