CVE-2026-48150

CRITICAL

Budibase: Workspace-scoped builder escalates to global admin via /api/public/v1/roles/assign

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.39.0, /api/public/v1/roles/assign is guarded by the builderOrAdmin middleware, which passes any user who is a builder for the app id in the x-budibase-app-id header. That check admits both global builders and workspace-scoped builders (builder.apps set but builder.global unset). The controller then spreads the request body into the SDK call, and the SDK grants builder.global=true or admin.global=true on whichever user ids the caller supplies. Bob, a workspace-scoped builder with an API key, promotes himself or any other user to global admin with one POST. The whole flow is tenant-wide privilege escalation from an app-level role, available to anyone with an Enterprise license that unlocks the EXPANDED_PUBLIC_API feature. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.39.0.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.0
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 20.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-915
Status published
Products (2)
Budibase/budibase < 3.39.0
budibase/server 0 - 3.39.0npm
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026