CVE-2026-8046
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 · uneditedThe affected products insufficiently verify authorization when deleting user accounts. An authenticated, low-privileged remote user can exploit this vulnerability to delete other users, including those with higher privileges.
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 · moderate confidenceThe affected products have an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability where the user account deletion endpoint does not properly verify the caller's authorization level. An authenticated low-privileged user can send requests to delete other user accounts, including administrators, by manipulating user identifiers in the deletion request.
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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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify user deletion API endpointReview application API documentation, network traffic logs, or perform endpoint enumeration (e.g., GET /api/users, POST /api/users/{id}/delete) to locate any user account deletion functionalityAffected if The application exposes an API endpoint that allows user account deletion requests
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Verify authentication requirementSend a request to the deletion endpoint without valid authentication credentials and observe the responseAffected if The endpoint accepts unauthenticated requests (this indicates a critical exposure regardless of the IDOR issue)
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Inspect authorization logicExamine server-side code, middleware, or API gateway configuration for authorization checks that verify the requesting user's permissions before executing account deletionAffected if No server-side authorization check exists, or the check only validates authentication without verifying the user has permission to delete the specific target account
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Check role-based access control enforcementReview how user roles are defined and whether the deletion endpoint enforces privilege-level validation (e.g., preventing low-privileged users from deleting admin accounts)Affected if The application does not verify that the requesting user's privilege level matches or exceeds the target user's privilege level before deletion
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Test IDOR vulnerabilityAs a low-privileged authenticated user, attempt to delete a different user account (such as an administrator) by manipulating the user identifier parameter in the deletion requestAffected if The deletion request succeeds for a user who should not have permission to delete the target account
A user is affected if the application's user deletion endpoint lacks proper server-side authorization checks, allowing any authenticated user to delete arbitrary accounts including administrators by manipulating user identifiers.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks on the user deletion endpoint to ensure the requesting user has sufficient privileges to delete the target account, and validate that users can only delete their own accounts unless explicitly authorized.
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