Improper AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-285

CVE-2026-7510

MEDIUM · 6.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-04-30
Patch available
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69/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

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
A vulnerability was determined in OWAP DefectDojo up to 2.55.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Benchmark/Engagement/Product/Survey. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization bypass. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 2.56.0 addresses this issue. This patch is called eb6120a379185d37eb1af17b69bb5614a830ab1f. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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.

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How this class of weakness works · CWE-285

The application confirms who you are but does not properly check whether you are permitted to perform a given action, so authenticated users reach functions or data meant for others. Attackers test roles and object references to find the gap. Remediation is an authorization check on every request, evaluated against the acting user's actual permissions.

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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
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

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Recommended fix High confidence

2.56.0

  1. Ensure you have a backup of your current DefectDojo installation and database
  2. Stop the DefectDojo application
  3. If using Docker: pull the latest DefectDojo image for version 2.56.0 or later
  4. If using pip: run 'pip install --upgrade defectdojo' to upgrade to version 2.56.0 or later
  5. Run any database migrations if required (typically handled by the upgrade process)
  6. Restart the DefectDojo application
  7. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the version number in the application UI or via API

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