# CVE-2025-51479: Authorization bypass in update\_user\_group in onyx-dot-app Onyx Enterprise Edition 0.27.0 allows remote authenticated attackers to modify arb

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-22 · Updated: 2025-07-22

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Authorization bypass in update_user_group in onyx-dot-app Onyx Enterprise Edition 0.27.0 allows remote authenticated attackers to modify arbitrary user groups via crafted PATCH requests to the /api/manage/admin/user-group/id endpoint, bypassing intended curator-group assignment checks.

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## References

- https://github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx
- https://github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx/pull/4714
- https://www.gecko.security/blog/cve-2025-51479

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