The existing authorization check correctly prevented an organization administrator from editing users in another organization, but it did not prevent them from editing a full administrator within their own organization. As a result, an org admin could modify that full administrator account, including changing its password. The upstream commit explicitly describes the issue as:
“Org admin can change the password of a full admin in the same organization.”
The fix adds a higher-privilege boundary check:
if user_to_edit.is_admin(): return ... 403
so organization administrators can no longer modify full administrator accounts.
Version impacted >=3.3.0
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| flowintel | flowintel | unaffected |
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Affected versions of Flowintel contain an authorization flaw in the administrative user-edit API. The existing authorization check correctly prevented an organization administrator from editing users in another organization, but it did not prevent them from editing a full administrator within their own organization. As a result, an org admin could modify that full administrator account, including changing its password. The upstream commit explicitly describes the issue as: “Org admin can change the password of a full admin in the same organization.” The fix adds a higher-privilege boundary check: if user_to_edit.is_admin(): return ... 403 so organization administrators can no longer modify full administrator accounts. Version impacted >=3.3.0 | |
| Title | Flowintel Organization Administrator Can Reset Full Administrator Password and Escalate Privileges | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CIRCL
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-27T13:14:20.526Z
Reserved: 2026-08-27T13:14:18.676Z
Link: CVE-2026-81818
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CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management