Description
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in elixir-grpc grpc allows authenticated attackers to access or modify resources belonging to other users by smuggling a conflicting value for any path-bound field via the query string or request body.

In 'Elixir.GRPC.Server.Transcode':map_request/5 (lib/grpc/server/transcode.ex), all three clauses use Map.merge/2 with path bindings as the first argument, giving them the lowest merge precedence. A request such as GET /users/me/profile?user_id=victim (or a POST with {"user_id": "victim"} when body: "*") yields a decoded protobuf struct where the path-bound field carries the attacker-supplied value rather than the router-extracted value. Any handler that uses the path-bound field for authorization, multi-tenancy scoping, or ownership checks is silently bypassed.

This issue affects grpc from 0.8.0 before 1.0.0.
Published: 2026-06-15
Score: 7.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Description Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in elixir-grpc grpc allows authenticated attackers to access or modify resources belonging to other users by smuggling a conflicting value for any path-bound field via the query string or request body. In 'Elixir.GRPC.Server.Transcode':map_request/5 (lib/grpc/server/transcode.ex), all three clauses use Map.merge/2 with path bindings as the first argument, giving them the lowest merge precedence. A request such as GET /users/me/profile?user_id=victim (or a POST with {"user_id": "victim"} when body: "*") yields a decoded protobuf struct where the path-bound field carries the attacker-supplied value rather than the router-extracted value. Any handler that uses the path-bound field for authorization, multi-tenancy scoping, or ownership checks is silently bypassed. This issue affects grpc from 0.8.0 before 1.0.0.
Title Authorization bypass via path binding override in elixir-grpc/grpc HTTP transcoding
First Time appeared Elixir-grpc
Elixir-grpc grpc
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elixir-grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Elixir-grpc
Elixir-grpc grpc
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Elixir-grpc Grpc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: EEF

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-16T14:46:09.673Z

Reserved: 2026-05-22T09:36:56.834Z

Link: CVE-2026-48599

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-15T23:16:45.377

Modified: 2026-06-15T23:16:45.377

Link: CVE-2026-48599

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-16T02:30:14Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key