CVE-2026-22683
Windmill versions 1.56.0 through 1.614.0 contain a missing authorization vulnerability that allows users with the Operator role to perform prohibited entity creation and modification actions via the backend API. Although Operators are documented and priced as unable to create or modify entities, the API does not enforce the Operator restriction on workspace endpoints, allowing an Operator to create and update scripts, flows, apps, and raw_apps. Since Operators can also execute scripts via the jobs API, this allows direct privilege escalation to remote code execution within the Windmill deployment. This vulnerability has existed since the introduction of the Operator role in version 1.56.0.
Published:Apr 7, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 24, 2026
EPS:Apr 7, 2026
EPSS Score:0.0028
CVSS Score:8.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Nextcloud
Product
Flow
Nextcloud
Flow
Vendor
Windmill
Product
Windmill
Windmill
Windmill
Vendor
Windmill-labs
Product
Windmill
Windmill-labs
Windmill
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
