CVE-2026-81161
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Privilege Escalation in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-81161, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-09-02

Last updated on: 2026-09-02

Assigner: Drupal.org

Description

Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Content Moderation Notifications versions: from 0.0.0 to 3.9.0.

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Published
2026-09-02
Last Modified
2026-09-02
Generated
2026-09-02
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2026-09-02
EPSS Evaluated
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Vendor Product Version / Range
drupal content_moderation_notifications From 0.0.0 (inc) to 3.9.0 (inc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-267 A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions issue in Drupal's Content Moderation Notifications module. It allows privilege escalation, meaning an attacker could gain higher-level permissions than intended. The flaw exists in versions 0.0.0 to 3.9.0 of the module.

Impact Analysis

An attacker could exploit this to gain unauthorized elevated privileges, potentially allowing them to modify content, bypass moderation, or perform other actions restricted to higher-privilege users. This could lead to data tampering or unauthorized access.

Compliance Impact

The provided CVE data does not specify how this vulnerability affects compliance with standards like GDPR or HIPAA. The issue involves privilege escalation in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications, but no direct impact on regulatory compliance is mentioned.

Mitigation Strategies

Update Content Moderation Notifications to version 3.9.0 or later to address the privilege escalation risk.

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