CVE-2026-55485
Piccolo Admin is an admin interface and content management system for Python, built on top of Piccolo. Prior to 1.14.0, piccolo_admin/endpoints.py uses superuser_validators to block PUT, PATCH, DELETE, and POST requests by non-superusers but permits GET requests to configured user and session tables, while piccolo_api/session_auth/tables.py exposes SessionsBase.token because the token column is not secret. In deployments that add the Sessions and User tables to create_admin, a non-superuser administrator can call GET /api/tables/sessions/, obtain another user's live session token, replay it as the Cookie id value to impersonate a superuser, and permanently set superuser to true on the attacker's own row. This issue is fixed in version 1.14.0.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.56%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 45
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1210Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement85 % - Impacto principal
T1005Data from Local Systemcollection90 % - Impacto secundario
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation80 % - Impacto secundario
T1078Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access85 %
Vulnerabilidad remota (AV:N, PR:L) en API de Piccolo que permite a administrador no superuser obtener tokens de sesión de otros usuarios (T1005), reutilizarlos para suplantación de identidad (T1078) y escalar privilegios a superuser (T1068).
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🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-200, CWE-269, CWE-863
Referencias
- https://github.com/piccolo-orm/piccolo_admin/commit/96ddae12baf12288056cbb0cda6f9e8d7e22c86d
- https://github.com/piccolo-orm/piccolo_admin/releases/tag/1.14.0
- https://github.com/piccolo-orm/piccolo_admin/security/advisories/GHSA-2gh4-jmwq-rr8w
- https://github.com/piccolo-orm/piccolo_api/commit/520ec2567ae1d2cc417c8c0d1ad0ddc05549a8a4
- https://github.com/piccolo-orm/piccolo_api/pull/331
- https://github.com/piccolo-orm/piccolo_api/releases/tag/1.10.0
- https://github.com/piccolo-orm/piccolo_admin/security/advisories/GHSA-2gh4-jmwq-rr8w
JSON original (NVD)
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