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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.0 Critical

CVE-2026-42571

Privilege Escalation Attack affecting Pelican Web UI

Description

Pelican is a platform for creating data federations. From versions 7.21.0 to before 7.21.5, 7.22.0 to before 7.22.3, 7.23.0 to before 7.23.3, and 7.24.0 to before 7.24.2, there is a a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pelican's Web User Interface (WebUI). This attack allows any user authenticated to the WebUI via OAuth to gain admin privileges under certain configurations. This issue has been patched in versions 7.21.5, 7.22.3, 7.23.3, and 7.24.2.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

PelicanPlatform pelican

  • >= 7.21.0, < 7.21.5affected
  • >= 7.22.0, < 7.22.3affected
  • >= 7.23.0, < 7.23.3affected
  • >= 7.24.0, < 7.24.2affected

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