getgrav grav-plugin-api up to 1.0.12 API Key Creation requireApiKeyPermission scopes privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in getgrav grav-plugin-api up to 1.0.12. This issue affects the function requireApiKeyPermission of the component API Key Creation. Executing a manipulation of the argument scopes can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-72826. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in getgrav grav-plugin-api up to 1.0.12. This vulnerability affects the function requireApiKeyPermission of the component API Key Creation. The manipulation of the argument scopes with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The getgrav/grav-plugin-api plugin before 1.0.13 fails to validate that the scopes of a newly created API key are a subset of the caller's scopes in createApiKey. The self-target path of requireApiKeyPermission() requires only the baseline api.access scope, and the new key's scopes are read directly from the request body with no subset check. An attacker holding a minimal-scope API key on a super account can submit an empty scopes array to mint an unscoped, full-access super key, bypassing scope restrictions (and enabling further chains such as configuration write to RCE).

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-72826 since 08/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.0.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Automation Software

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• getgrav

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• grav-plugin-api

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.12

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