CVE-2026-31834
March 10, 2026
Umbraco is an ASP.NET CMS. From 15.3.1 to before 16.5.1 and 17.2.2, A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Umbraco CMS. Under certain conditions, authenticated backoffice users with permission to manage users, may be able to elevate their privileges due to insufficient authorization enforcement when modifying user group memberships. The affected functionality does not properly validate whether a user has sufficient privileges to assign highly privileged roles. This vulnerability is fixed in 16.5.1 and 17.2.2.
Affected Packages
Umbraco.Cms (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=17.0.0 <17.2.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 17.2.2umbraco.cms (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=15.3.1 <16.5.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 16.5.1umbraco.cms (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=17.0.0 <17.2.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 17.2.2Umbraco.Cms (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=15.3.1 <16.5.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 16.5.1Related ResourcesĀ (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05