# CVE-2026-45730: Nuclio: Missing authorization on project write paths allows any authenticated user to modify or delete any project

- Also known as: GO-2026-5499, GHSA-M8XG-8XG9-MXHM
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.16.0, 0.0.0-20260513101907-1915cd26d514
- Published: 2026-09-02 · Updated: 2026-09-02

## Affected

- nuclio: fixed in 1.16.0
- github.com/nuclio/nuclio (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20260513101907-1915cd26d514

## Description

Nuclio is a "Serverless" framework for Real-Time Events and Data Processing. Prior to version 1.16.0, there is a vulnerability in Nuclio Dashboard's project management API, allowing any authenticated user (without membership in the target project) to bypass OPA authorization checks on write paths (PUT /api/projects/{id}, DELETE /api/projects) and modify or delete any project along with all its associated resources (functions, API gateways, etc.). This issue has been patched in version 1.16.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nuclio, github.com/nuclio/nuclio, upgrade to a fixed version (1.16.0, 0.0.0-20260513101907-1915cd26d514) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio/security/advisories/GHSA-m8xg-8xg9-mxhm
- https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio/pull/4107
- https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio/commit/1915cd26d514dcdd487517d4be56673fc02298e0
- https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio/releases/tag/1.16.0

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