GHSA-72h8-wp98-7hch

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-72h8-wp98-7hch
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-72h8-wp98-7hch/GHSA-72h8-wp98-7hch.json
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Published
2026-09-22T20:36:42Z
Modified
2026-09-22T21:00:05Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Unleash: Missing await on permission check + cross-project IDOR in admin API
Details

Summary

Multiple authorization vulnerabilities in Unleash admin API, including a critical missing await that completely bypasses a permission check.

Vulnerability 1: Missing await on Permission Check (HIGH)

File: src/lib/features/segment/segment-controller.ts (line 345)

POST /api/admin/segments/strategies has permission: NONE at the route level. The handler performs its own check via this.accessService.hasPermission(), but omits the await keyword. Since hasPermission() is async (returns Promise<boolean>), the variable always receives a truthy Promise object. The if (!hasFeatureStrategyPermission) check never triggers.

// BUG: missing await - hasPermission() returns Promise<boolean>
const hasFeatureStrategyPermission = this.accessService.hasPermission(
    req.user, UPDATE_FEATURE_STRATEGY, projectId, environmentId,
);
if (!hasFeatureStrategyPermission) { // Always false - Promise is truthy!
    res.status(403).send();
    return;
}

Impact: Any authenticated user can modify segment assignments on ANY strategy across ALL projects.

Fix: Add await: const hasFeatureStrategyPermission = await this.accessService.hasPermission(...)

Vulnerability 2: Cross-Project Variant Read (MEDIUM)

File: src/lib/routes/admin-api/project/variants.ts (line 213-223)

GET /api/admin/projects/:projectId/features/:featureName/environments/:environment/variants completely ignores projectId. getVariantsOnEnv() only uses featureName and environment.

Impact: Any authenticated user can read variant configs (names, weights, payloads) from any project.

Vulnerability 3: Cross-Project Strategy Read (MEDIUM)

File: src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-controller.ts (line 1107-1116)

GET .../strategies/:strategyId ignores all params except strategyId. Any authenticated user can read any strategy's full configuration.

Vulnerability 4: Cross-Project Environment Info Leak (MEDIUM)

File: src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-service.ts (line 1611)

getEnvironmentInfo() doesn't validate feature belongs to project. Compare with getFeature() which calls validateFeatureBelongsToProject().

Vulnerability 5: Cross-Project Tag Modification (LOW)

File: src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-controller.ts (line 576-596)

PUT /:projectId/tags accepts features array in body without validating they belong to projectId.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-639",
        "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-09-22T20:36:42Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / unleash-server

Package

Name
unleash-server
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Purl
pkg:npm/unleash-server

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.0.3

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-72h8-wp98-7hch/GHSA-72h8-wp98-7hch.json"