CVE-2026-55518CWE-639CWE-862CWE-863

Avo: Missing Authorization in Avo Association Attach Endpoint Allows Unauthorized Relationship Manipulation and Privilege Escalation

Critical · published July 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Avo is a framework to create admin panels for Ruby on Rails apps. Prior to 3.32.1 and 4.0.0.beta.51, Avo's association attach workflow checks attach_<association>? in the UI and GET /resources/:resource/:id/:related/new path, but the actual write endpoint, POST /resources/:resource/:id/:related, does not run the same authorization check before mutating the association through Avo::AssociationsController#create. An authenticated low-privileged Avo user can bypass hidden or disabled attach controls and directly attach related records to a parent record by sending a crafted POST request, which can lead to privilege escalation and cross-tenant data exposure where associations represent authorization-bearing relationships. This issue is fixed in versions 3.32.1 and 4.0.0.beta.51.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.6 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00448 · 37.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key; CWE-862 · Missing Authorization; CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-07-17T20:51Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 JUL 20:51Z
    Avo: Missing Authorization in Avo Association Attach Endpoint Allows Unauthorized Relationship Manipulation and Privilege Escalation
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