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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-42192

Konga v0.14.9 is affected by an incorrect access control vulnerability where a specially crafted request can lead to privilege escalation.

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CVE-2021-42192
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31 Oct 2026, 11:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-42192

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 May 2022, 11:15 UTC

Konga v0.14.9 is affected by an incorrect access control vulnerability where a specially crafted request can lead to privilege escalation.

osv:CVE-2021-42192
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:04.299922769Z",
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        "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-YU9zWiDVUps3Mb6zos3996yvZ48vW_vfOvaJLLHc4I/edit?usp=sharing",
        "https://github.com/whokilleddb/Konga-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50521"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384839,
  "published_at": "2022-05-04T11:15:07.95+00:00"
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