---
title: "CVE-2026-92772: Leantime - Authorization Bypass"
description: "Leantime before 3.9.6 contains an authorization bypass caused by lack of permission validation in the HTMX plugin install endpoint, letting authenticated users with limited roles install malicious plugins, exploit requires authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-92772/
---

# CVE-2026-92772 Leantime - Authorization Bypass

Leantime before 3.9.6 contains an authorization bypass caused by lack of permission validation in the HTMX plugin install endpoint, letting authenticated users with limited roles install malicious plugins, exploit requires authentication.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.53% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92772)

## Details

Type

Authorization Bypass

Impact

Broken Access Control, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

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

Published

16 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

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

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 3.9.6 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-2026-92772](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92772)
- [https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/blob/v3.9.6/app/Domain/Plugins/Hxcontrollers/Details.php#L27](https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/blob/v3.9.6/app/Domain/Plugins/Hxcontrollers/Details.php#L27)
- [https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/issues/3757](https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/issues/3757)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/leantime-before-3.9.6-unauthorized-plugin-installation-via-htmx](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/leantime-before-3.9.6-unauthorized-plugin-installation-via-htmx)
- [https://github.com/Leantime/leantime](https://github.com/Leantime/leantime)
- [https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/blob/v3.9.5/app/Domain/Plugins/Controllers/Marketplace.php#L24](https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/blob/v3.9.5/app/Domain/Plugins/Controllers/Marketplace.php#L24)
- [https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/blob/v3.9.5/app/Domain/Plugins/Hxcontrollers/Details.php#L25-L40](https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/blob/v3.9.5/app/Domain/Plugins/Hxcontrollers/Details.php#L25-L40)
- [https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/blob/v3.9.5/app/Domain/Plugins/Services/Plugins.php#L546-L561](https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/blob/v3.9.5/app/Domain/Plugins/Services/Plugins.php#L546-L561)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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