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title: "CVE-2026-77226: Camunda - Broken Access Control"
description: "Camunda 7.24.0 before 7.24.15 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability caused by improper admin group membership checks in the Admin web application's first-run setup endpoint, letting unauthenticated remote attackers create admin accounts, exploit requires camunda-admin group to be empty while system is administered."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-77226/
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# CVE-2026-77226 Camunda - Broken Access Control

Camunda 7.24.0 before 7.24.15 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability caused by improper admin group membership checks in the Admin web application's first-run setup endpoint, letting unauthenticated remote attackers create admin accounts, exploit requires camunda-admin group to be empty while system is administered.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.69% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77226)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

5 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 7.24.15 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77226](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77226)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/camunda-incorrect-authorization-via-setupresource-endpoint](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/camunda-incorrect-authorization-via-setupresource-endpoint)
- [https://codeant.ai/security-research/camunda-empty-admin-group-cve-2026-77226](https://codeant.ai/security-research/camunda-empty-admin-group-cve-2026-77226)
- [https://docs.camunda.org/enterprise/download/](https://docs.camunda.org/enterprise/download/)

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