{"id":"CVE-2023-32079","aliases":["GHSA-826j-8wp2-4x6q","GO-2023-2025"],"title":"Netmaker Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation From Non Admin To Admin User","summary":"Netmaker Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation From Non Admin To Admin User","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"gravitl","product":"github.com/gravitl/netmaker","ecosystem":"go","affected":["github.com/gravitl/netmaker < 0.17.1","github.com/gravitl/netmaker >= 0.18.0, < 0.18.6"],"patched":["github.com/gravitl/netmaker 0.17.1","github.com/gravitl/netmaker 0.18.6"],"published":"2023-08-25","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T03:49:57.402711910Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-826j-8wp2-4x6q","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/security/advisories/GHSA-826j-8wp2-4x6q"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32079"},{"url":"https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker"}],"tags":["osv","go"],"epss":0.00865,"epssPercentile":0.57105,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-12T03:13:01.765Z","slug":"CVE-2023-32079","body":"## Overview\n\n### Impact\nA Mass assignment vulnerability was found allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to admin user.\n\n### Patches\nIssue is patched in 0.17.1, and fixed in 0.18.6+.\n\nIf Users are using 0.17.1, they should run \"docker pull gravitl/netmaker:v0.17.1\" and \"docker-compose up -d\". This will switch them to the patched users\n\nIf users are using v0.18.0-0.18.5, they should upgrade to v0.18.6 or later.\n\n### Workarounds\nIf using 0.17.1, can just pull the latest docker image of backend and restart server.\n\n### References\nCredit to Project Discovery, and in particular https://github.com/rootxharsh , https://github.com/iamnoooob, and https://github.com/projectdiscovery\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `github.com/gravitl/netmaker < 0.17.1`\n- `github.com/gravitl/netmaker >= 0.18.0, < 0.18.6`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `github.com/gravitl/netmaker 0.17.1`\n- `github.com/gravitl/netmaker 0.18.6`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":49,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}