# CVE-2026-45415: Decidim: CSV census record endpoints improper authorization

- Also known as: GHSA-Q79H-67VX-M9XG
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.30.9, 0.31.5, 0.32.0
- Published: 2026-08-06 · Updated: 2026-08-07

## Affected

- decidim: fixed in 0.30.9; from 0.31.0.rc1, fixed in 0.31.5; from 0.32.0.rc1, fixed in 0.32.0
- decidim-verifications (RubyGems): fixed in 0.30.9
- decidim-verifications (RubyGems): from 0.31.0.rc1, fixed in 0.31.5
- decidim-verifications (RubyGems): from 0.32.0.rc1, fixed in 0.32.0

## Description

Decidim is a participatory democracy framework. Prior to 0.30.9, from 0.31.0 before 0.31.5, and in 0.32.0.rc1 before 0.32.0.rc2, the /admin/csv_census/census_logs record-management endpoints do not enforce full administrator authorization before rendering or mutating Decidim::Verifications::CsvDatum, allowing a participant manager to create, alter, or remove census records. This issue is fixed in versions 0.30.9, 0.31.5, and 0.32.0.rc2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on decidim, decidim-verifications, upgrade to a fixed version (0.30.9, 0.31.5, 0.32.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-q79h-67vx-m9xg
- https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16674
- https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16703

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