Privilege Escalation in getgrav/grav (CVE-2026-42609)
Summary
Vulnerability in getgrav/grav (CVE-2026-42609). Data can be tampered with by attackers. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.0.0-beta.2 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.2, a business logic vulnerability in the Grav Admin Panel allows a low-privileged user (with only user creation permissions) to overwrite existing accounts, including the primary administrator. By creating a new user with a username that already exists, the system updates the existing account's metadata and permissions instead of rejecting the request. This leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) on administrative functions and Privilege De-escalation of the root account. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42609 has been found in getgrav/grav.
Data can be tampered with by attackers. CVSS score: 8.1/10.
What to do: upgrade getgrav/grav to 2.0.0-beta.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "getgrav/grav CVE-2026-42609" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-42609 (getgrav/grav) — CWE-269 / CVSS v3 8.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 2.0.0-beta.2 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-269) exists in getgrav/grav.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of getgrav/grav.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.1/10). Data can be tampered with by attackers.
Update to 2.0.0-beta.2.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'getgrav/grav' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'getgrav/grav' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
getgrav/gravを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade getgrav/grav to 2.0.0-beta.2ステージング環境で 2.0.0-beta.2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- web github.com