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GHSA-6RM3-6FXH-J77H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-03 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-03 18:30

Details

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in the user websocket handler of MAAS. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker can intercept a user.update websocket request and inject the is_superuser property set to true. The server improperly validates this input, allowing the attacker to self-promote to an administrator role. This results in full administrative control over the MAAS deployment.

Severity

7.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2025-7044 (GCVE-0-2025-7044)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-03 15:45 – Updated: 2025-12-03 16:42

Title

Privilege Escalation in MAAS via Websocket Request Manipulation

Summary

Severity

7.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-12-03 16:41 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

canonical mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/2115714

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Ubuntu	MAAS	Affected: 3.3.0 , < 3.3.11 (semver) Affected: 3.4.0 , < 3.4.9 (semver) Affected: 3.5.0 , < 3.5.9 (semver) Affected: 3.6.0 , < 3.6.2 (semver) Unaffected: 3.7.0 (semver) Unaffected: 3.8.0 (semver)

Credits

Jacopo Rota

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