No write permission check in change_role command

published 2018-06-08 8y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-3636

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

The controller of the Open Build Service API prior to version 2.4.4 is missing a write permission check, allowing an authenticated attacker to add or remove user roles from packages and/or project meta data.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

openSUSE Open Build Service 2.4.4

github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service@06ad7fd commit

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Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

openSUSE Open Build Service

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-275 Permission Issues

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-3703
NVD CVE-2013-3703

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