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critical 9.0

CVE-2026-48150 json

Budibase: Workspace-scoped builder escalates to global admin via /api/public/v1/roles/assign

published 5mo ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-32590 , GHSA-6xp4-cf37-ppjh

cvss
9.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.39.0, /api/public/v1/roles/assign is guarded by the builderOrAdmin middleware, which passes any user who is a builder for the app id in the x-budibase-app-id header. That check admits both global builders and workspace-scoped builders (builder.apps set but builder.global unset). The controller then spreads the request body into the SDK call, and the SDK grants builder.global=true or admin.global=true on whichever user ids the caller supplies. Bob, a workspace-scoped builder with an API key, promotes himself or any other user to global admin with one POST. The whole flow is tenant-wide privilege escalation from an app-level role, available to anyone with an Enterprise license that unlocks the EXPANDED_PUBLIC_API feature. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.39.0.

Patch / fix

  • npm @budibase/server 3.39.0
  • budibase budibase 3.39.0

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/security/advisories/GHSA-6xp4-cf37-ppjh referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
GitHub 3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm @budibase/server
<3.39.0
3.39.0

Affected products

  • Budibase budibase

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-915 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes

References

Sources

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