# CVE-2026-25040: Budibase Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via API Abuse – Creator Can Invite Users with Admin/Any Role

- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-29 · Updated: 2026-02-02

## Affected

- budibase: through 3.26.3

## Description

Budibase is a low code platform for creating internal tools, workflows, and admin panels. In versions up to and including 3.26.3, a Creator-level user, who normally has no UI permission to invite users, can manipulate API requests to invite new users with any role, including Admin, Creator, or App Viewer, and assign them to any group in the organization. This allows full privilege escalation, bypassing UI restrictions, and can lead to complete takeover of the workspace or organization. As of time of publication, no known fixed versions are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on budibase, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/security/advisories/GHSA-4wfw-r86x-qxrm
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dtn1WLJILRYUeoMjEbUfCbqQ3g2AW2Qz/view?usp=sharing
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22066135/budibase-privileged-esc-poc.txt

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