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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2026-55518

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CVE-2026-55518

Avo - Missing Authorization in Avo Association Attach Endpoint Allows Unauthorized Relationship Manipulation and Privilege Escalation

Published Modified CWE 639, 862, 863
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

GHSA9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by GHSA, Ruby Advisory DB.

Description

Avo is a framework to create admin panels for Ruby on Rails apps. Prior to 3.32.1 and 4.0.0.beta.51, Avo's association attach workflow checks attach_<association>? in the UI and GET /resources/:resource/:id/:related/new path, but the actual write endpoint, POST /resources/:resource/:id/:related, does not run the same authorization check before mutating the association through Avo::AssociationsController#create. An authenticated low-privileged Avo user can bypass hidden or disabled attach controls and directly attach related records to a parent record by sending a crafted POST request, which can lead to privilege escalation and cross-tenant data exposure where associations represent authorization-bearing relationships. This issue is fixed in versions 3.32.1 and 4.0.0.beta.51.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGemsavo3.32.1, 4.0.0.beta.51
rubygems::Ruby Advisory Databaseavo>= 3.32.1, < 4.0.0.beta.1, >= 4.0.0.beta.51

References

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