CVE-2026-22683CWE-862

Windmill < 1.615.0 Operator Role Missing Authorization Checks RCE

High · published April 7, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Windmill versions 1.56.0 through 1.614.0 contain a missing authorization vulnerability that allows users with the Operator role to perform prohibited entity creation and modification actions via the backend API. Although Operators are documented and priced as unable to create or modify entities, the API does not enforce the Operator restriction on workspace endpoints, allowing an Operator to create and update scripts, flows, apps, and raw_apps. Since Operators can also execute scripts via the jobs API, this allows direct privilege escalation to remote code execution within the Windmill deployment. This vulnerability has existed since the introduction of the Operator role in version 1.56.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.02609 · 85.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-04-07T16:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 APR 16:50Z
    Windmill < 1.615.0 Operator Role Missing Authorization Checks RCE
    cvelistv5