Improper AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-285

CVE-2026-32821

HIGH · 8.1 CVSS v3.1 Developing Published 2026-07-20
No fix yet
No fix has been published. The vendor has not shipped a fixed release or patch. You remain exposed.
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87/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable Zero-click 4 weeks old

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
dataCycle is a data management system for centrally storing, managing, searching, finding, and distributing data. In dataCycle-CORE, the module handling core processing and framework rules, before and including version 25.07.3, any authenticated API user who has their own access token can ask the collection API to evaluate permissions as a different user by supplying `user_email`. If the target user has collections, this can expose those collections through the API. In V4, once a collection id is known, the same controller also offers `add_item` and `remove_item` routes without any object-level `authorize!` checks, creating a likely cross-user modification path. This is patched in version 26.06.08.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence
Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-03.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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dbcve · scoped
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade dataCycle-CORE from version 25.07.3 or earlier to version 26.06.08

  1. Identify your current dataCycle-CORE installation version (likely 25.07.3 or earlier)
  2. Consult the dataCycle release notes and migration guide for version 26.x to understand any required configuration changes
  3. Create a complete backup of your current dataCycle installation including database and configuration
  4. In a non-production environment (staging/test), upgrade dataCycle-CORE to version 26.06.08
  5. Verify that all core functionality works correctly after the upgrade
  6. If all tests pass, schedule a maintenance window for production upgrade
  7. Upgrade the production dataCycle-CORE installation to version 26.06.08
  8. After upgrade, verify that API endpoints no longer allow unauthorized cross-user collection access
Caveat No specific breaking changes documented in the CVE description; however, major version upgrades (25.x to 26.x) typically carry standard upgrade risk and should be tested in a non-production environment first

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