PT-2026-64184 · Owasp · Defectdojo

0Xnosferatu · CVE-2026-16764 · Published 2026-07-23 · Updated 2026-07-23

NVD

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

A vulnerability was identified in OWASP DefectDojo 2.59.0. This issue affects the function UserSerializer of the file dojo/api v2/serializers.py of the component API/Web. Such manipulation of the argument is staff leads to improper privilege management. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 2.58.3 and 3.0.0 is capable of addressing this issue. The name of the patch is 68a272f299d096249fd3ba9c2676bf69012857bf. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. 2.59.0 was not intended to be released and has been removed.

Fix

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-266

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-16764

Affected Products

Defectdojo

References · 9

• https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/pull/14952 · Patch
• https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/releases/tag/3.0.0 · Patch
• https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/commit/68a272f299d096249fd3ba9c2676bf69012857bf · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16764 · Security Note
• https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/security/advisories/GHSA-w2j3-x3j3-mm43 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16764 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/submit/861317 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/382629 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/382629/cti · Note