jowilf starlette-admin up to 0.17.1 Searchable Fields starlette_admin/views.py where privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in jowilf starlette-admin up to 0.17.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file starlette_admin/views.py of the component Searchable Fields. Performing a manipulation of the argument where results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-89267. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in jowilf starlette-admin up to 0.17.1. This affects an unknown code block of the file starlette_admin/views.py of the component Searchable Fields. The manipulation of the argument where with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

starlette-admin versions 0.16.1 through 0.17.1 fail to enforce the searchable_fields allowlist when configured as an empty list, allowing authenticated users to filter on non-searchable fields. Attackers can submit structured filter queries via the list API's where parameter to perform equality and comparison operations on excluded columns.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-89267 since 09/11/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/12/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• jowilf

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• starlette-admin

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• 0.17.0
• 0.17.1

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• Product: https://github.com/jowilf/starlette-admin/

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