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NVD description
In Akaunting versions <= 3.1.21, low‑privileged authenticated users can modify their own account to assign themselves the admin role ID, granting full administrator privileges. This vulnerability is caused by a flaw in the `UpdateUser` job, which processes user-supplied role assignments via an unconditional `roles()->sync()` call without verifying whether the caller is authorized to manage roles. Users only require the default `update-auth-profile` permission to access the self-update path and assign themselves as admins. The API endpoints are properly permission‑gated and are not affected by this issue. This vulnerability has been remediated in v3.2.0, commit 80ef6d3b154a.
Priority
LOW
Exploitation
NONE
PoC
NONE
Patch
AVAILABLE
Momentum
NONE
Akaunting <=3.1.21: CVE-2026-16772 (CVSS 8.1) lets low-priv users escalate to admin. Verify instances and update. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16772 via NVD Recent High CVSS #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Vulnerability #AI #MachineLearning https://t.co/0RplP079cP
Post summary
The tweet alerts to a high‑severity privilege‑escalation vulnerability in Akaunting and advises verifying installations and applying an update.