High

Cube Core is vulnerable to privilege escalation via a specially crafted request

  • Disclosed: 10.02.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

It is possible to make a specially crafted request with a valid API token that leads to privilege escalation.

Affected Versions:

≥= 0.27.19

Mitigation:

Upgrade to a patched version:

  • 1.5.13 and later (regular release)
  • 1.4.2 (active LTS release)
  • 1.0.14 (end-of-life LTS release)

References

The issue was reported by our Core engineer, Dmitrii Patsura (@ovr), in our internal Slack and was promptly patched in a recent update.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package @cubejs-backend/server-core >= 0.27.19, < 1.0.14, >= 1.1.0, < 1.4.2, >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.13 1.0.14, 1.4.2, 1.5.13

References

CVSS score 7.7/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-807
Platform
npm
Package
@cubejs-backend/server-core
Disclosed
10.02.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-v226-32c7-x2v7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: @cubejs-backend/server-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
02.2026 02.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 2
  1. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-25957 >= 1.1.17, < 1.4.2, >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.13 1.4.2, 1.5.13
  2. Cube Core is vulnerable to privilege escalation via a specially crafted request this entry
    High · 7.7 CVE-2026-25958 >= 0.27.19, < 1.0.14, >= 1.1.0, < 1.4.2, >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.13 1.0.14, 1.4.2, 1.5.13

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