CVE-2026-32821CWE-285

API Collection Impersonation Via user_email And Missing Object- Level Authorization

High · published July 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

dataCycle is a data management system for centrally storing, managing, searching, finding, and distributing data. In dataCycle-CORE, the module handling core processing and framework rules, before and including version 25.07.3, any authenticated API user who has their own access token can ask the collection API to evaluate permissions as a different user by supplying `user_email`. If the target user has collections, this can expose those collections through the API. In V4, once a collection id is known, the same controller also offers `add_item` and `remove_item` routes without any object-level `authorize!` checks,

creating a likely cross-user modification path. This is patched in version 26.06.08.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00350 · 27.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
Published
2026-07-20T16:11Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUL 16:11Z
    API Collection Impersonation Via user_email And Missing Object- Level Authorization
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