---
id: CVE-2026-72564
title: >-
  An improper authorization vulnerability in fosrl/pangolin through v1.20.0
  allows an authenticated remote attacker to authenticate to any resource in any
  organization by reusing an access token issued for a different resource.
summary: >-
  An improper authorization vulnerability in fosrl/pangolin through v1.20.0
  allows an authenticated remote attacker to authenticate to any resource in any
  organization by reusing an access token issued for a different resource.
severity: critical
cvss: 9.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-639
published: '2026-08-10'
updated: '2026-08-28'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72564'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin'
    label: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/blob/main/server/routers/resource/authWithAccessToken.ts
    label: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00443
epssPercentile: 0.35849
ingestedAt: '2026-08-29T16:39:14.681Z'
---

## Overview

An improper authorization vulnerability in fosrl/pangolin through v1.20.0 allows an authenticated remote attacker to authenticate to any resource in any organization by reusing an access token issued for a different resource.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.