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title: "CVE-2026-90768: CAPEv2 - Broken Access Control"
description: "CAPEv2 through commit 471ee4b contains a broken access control caused by failure to validate task ownership in REST API endpoints, letting authenticated users read and delete analyses of other users, exploit requires user authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-90768/
---

# CVE-2026-90768 CAPEv2 - Broken Access Control

CAPEv2 through commit 471ee4b contains a broken access control caused by failure to validate task ownership in REST API endpoints, letting authenticated users read and delete analyses of other users, exploit requires user authentication.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.43% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90768)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

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

Published

13 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version after commit 471ee4b that properly validates task ownership.

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-2026-90768](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90768)
- [https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2](https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2)
- [https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/blob/1255b18/web/apiv2/views.py](https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/blob/1255b18/web/apiv2/views.py)
- [https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/issues/3162](https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/issues/3162)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/capev2-through-commit-471ee4b-rest-api-task-endpoints-missing-ownership-check](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/capev2-through-commit-471ee4b-rest-api-task-endpoints-missing-ownership-check)

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