Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

Authorization Bypass via Insecure Role Modification (CWE-269) in Chamilo LMS User API

CVE-2026-40291

Published:

Apr 14, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Broken Access Control / Authorization Bypass

CWE:

CWE-269;CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation to Administrator

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Broken Access Control / Authorization Bypass

CWE:

CWE-269;CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation to Administrator

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.