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OpenCTI: Privilege escalation via graphQL API abusable by organization admins, due to incorrect ACL on userEdit relationAdd

Type: advisorySources: OSV

OpenCTI is an open source platform for managing cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. Prior to 6.9.7, an organization admin can escalate their privileges by adding a user from a different organization with higher privileges, to their own organization. This is due to incorrect ACL on userEdit relationAdd. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.9.7.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-44730
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4 Nov 2026, 20:27 UTC · Revision 1

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OpenCTI: Privilege escalation via graphQL API abusable by organization admins, due to incorrect ACL on userEdit relationAdd

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 May 2026, 17:03 UTC

OpenCTI is an open source platform for managing cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. Prior to 6.9.7, an organization admin can escalate their privileges by adding a user from a different organization with higher privileges, to their own organization. This is due to incorrect ACL on userEdit relationAdd. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.9.7.

osv:CVE-2026-44730
Complete source record
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