CVE-2026-23526
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.
Published:Jan 21, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 18, 2026
EPS:Jan 21, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00049
CVSS Score:8.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Cvat
Product
Computer Vision Annotation Tool
Cvat
Computer Vision Annotation Tool
Vendor
Cvat-ai
Product
Cvat
Cvat-ai
Cvat
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
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
