CVE-2026-35476: InvenTree Affected by Privilege Escalation via API

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-08 · updated 2026-10-06
Weakness: CWE-285

Description

InvenTree is an Open Source Inventory Management System. Prior to 1.2.7 and 1.3.0, a non-staff authenticated user can elevate their account to a staff level via a POST request against their user account endpoint. The write permissions on the API endpoint are improperly configured, allowing any user to change their staff status. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.7 and 1.3.0.

Affected products

InvenTree: through 1.2.6

References

https://docs.inventree.org/en/stable/concepts/threat_model/#assumed-trust
https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/security/advisories/GHSA-r8q5-3595-3jh2

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