CVE-2026-88817: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Curiosity GmbH Curiosity Workspace
An authenticated, non-guest user of Curiosity Workspace could enroll themselves as an administrator and member of an existing access group without an invitation or approval. It did not grant application-wide administrator privileges, and the vulnerability could not be used to obtain root access to the application or its underlying host.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management) in Curiosity Workspace version 26.8.70362 permits an authenticated non-guest user to elevate their privileges by enrolling as an administrator and member of an existing access group without proper authorization. The flaw does not extend to granting full application-wide administrator rights or root access to the underlying system. The CVSS 4.0 score is 8.7 (high severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or remediation information is provided, and it is not a cloud service, so remediation responsibility lies with the vendor and users.
Potential Impact
An authenticated non-guest user can gain unauthorized administrative membership within an existing access group, potentially allowing elevated access to resources controlled by that group. However, this does not confer full application-wide administrator privileges or root access to the host system, limiting the scope of impact to group-level privilege escalation within the application.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no official patch or fix information is provided, users should monitor vendor communications for updates. In the meantime, restrict authenticated user privileges and review access group membership policies to mitigate unauthorized privilege escalation.
CVE-2026-88817: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Curiosity GmbH Curiosity Workspace
Description
An authenticated, non-guest user of Curiosity Workspace could enroll themselves as an administrator and member of an existing access group without an invitation or approval. It did not grant application-wide administrator privileges, and the vulnerability could not be used to obtain root access to the application or its underlying host.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Affected software
Curiosity GmbH
Curiosity Workspace
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management) in Curiosity Workspace version 26.8.70362 permits an authenticated non-guest user to elevate their privileges by enrolling as an administrator and member of an existing access group without proper authorization. The flaw does not extend to granting full application-wide administrator rights or root access to the underlying system. The CVSS 4.0 score is 8.7 (high severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or remediation information is provided, and it is not a cloud service, so remediation responsibility lies with the vendor and users.
Potential Impact
An authenticated non-guest user can gain unauthorized administrative membership within an existing access group, potentially allowing elevated access to resources controlled by that group. However, this does not confer full application-wide administrator privileges or root access to the host system, limiting the scope of impact to group-level privilege escalation within the application.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no official patch or fix information is provided, users should monitor vendor communications for updates. In the meantime, restrict authenticated user privileges and review access group membership policies to mitigate unauthorized privilege escalation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- airbus
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-10T08:48:49.299Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aaa8c4855bf5e2cf598c0ec
Added to database: 09/16/2026, 12:32:08 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 12:46:27 UTC
Last updated: 09/16/2026, 13:32:17 UTC
Views: 6
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