CVAT is an open source interactive video and image annotation tool for computer vision. In versions 1.0.0 through 2.54.0, users that have the staff status may freely change their permissions, including giving themselves superuser status and joining the admin group, which gives them full access to the data in the CVAT instance. Version 2.55.0 fixes the issue. As a workaround, review the list of users with staff status and revoke it from any users that are not expected to have superuser privileges.
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Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cvat-ai
Cvat-ai cvat
Vendors & Products Cvat-ai
Cvat-ai cvat

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description CVAT is an open source interactive video and image annotation tool for computer vision. In versions 1.0.0 through 2.54.0, users that have the staff status may freely change their permissions, including giving themselves superuser status and joining the admin group, which gives them full access to the data in the CVAT instance. Version 2.55.0 fixes the issue. As a workaround, review the list of users with staff status and revoke it from any users that are not expected to have superuser privileges.
Title CVAT vulnerable to privilege escalation of users with staff status
Weaknesses CWE-267
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-23T04:55:22.148Z

Reserved: 2026-01-13T18:22:43.980Z

Link: CVE-2026-23526

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-22T15:09:32.221Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-21T22:15:50.433

Modified: 2026-01-21T22:15:50.433

Link: CVE-2026-23526

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-22T10:08:19Z

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