CVE-2026-42571
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42571
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42571.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-42571
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2026-05-09T19:19:36.522Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-31T18:30:59.885594261Z
- Severity
-
- 9.0 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Privilege Escalation Attack affecting Pelican Web UI
- Details
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Pelican is a platform for creating data federations. From versions 7.21.0 to before 7.21.5, 7.22.0 to before 7.22.3, 7.23.0 to before 7.23.3, and 7.24.0 to before 7.24.2, there is a a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pelican's Web User Interface (WebUI). This attack allows any user authenticated to the WebUI via OAuth to gain admin privileges under certain configurations. This issue has been patched in versions 7.21.5, 7.22.3, 7.23.3, and 7.24.2.
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-863" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42571.json", "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M" }- References
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- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42571.json
- https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/security/advisories/GHSA-rpfr-x88x-xwcw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42571
- https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/commit/7f73b9c3e677a0ae4a0ec465c5d98bb8bd948854
Affected packages
Git / github.com/pelicanplatform/pelican
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/pelicanplatform/pelican
- Events
-
IntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixed
- Database specific
{ "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.21.0" }, { "fixed": "7.21.5" }, { "introduced": "7.22.0" }, { "fixed": "7.22.3" }, { "introduced": "7.23.0" }, { "fixed": "7.23.3" }, { "introduced": "7.24.0" }, { "fixed": "7.24.2" } ] }
Affected versions
v7.*
v7.21.0
v7.21.1
v7.21.1-rc.0
v7.21.2
v7.21.2-rc.0
v7.21.2-rc.1
v7.21.2-rc.2
v7.21.2-rc.3
v7.21.2-rc.4
v7.21.3
v7.21.4
v7.21.5-rc.0
v7.22.0
v7.22.1
v7.22.1-rc.0
v7.22.1-rc.1
v7.22.1-rc.2
v7.22.1-rc.3
v7.22.1-rc.4
v7.22.1-rc.5
v7.22.2
v7.22.3-rc.0
v7.23.0
v7.23.1
v7.23.1-rc.0
v7.23.2
v7.23.3-rc.0
v7.24.0
v7.24.1
v7.24.2-rc.0