# CVE-2026-48150: Budibase: Workspace-scoped builder escalates to global admin via /api/public/v1/roles/assign

- Also known as: GHSA-6XP4-CF37-PPJH
- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.39.0
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-05-27

## Affected

- budibase: fixed in 3.39.0
- @budibase/server (npm): fixed in 3.39.0

## Description

Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.39.0, /api/public/v1/roles/assign is guarded by the builderOrAdmin middleware, which passes any user who is a builder for the app id in the x-budibase-app-id header. That check admits both global builders and workspace-scoped builders (builder.apps set but builder.global unset). The controller then spreads the request body into the SDK call, and the SDK grants builder.global=true or admin.global=true on whichever user ids the caller supplies. Bob, a workspace-scoped builder with an API key, promotes himself or any other user to global admin with one POST. The whole flow is tenant-wide privilege escalation from an app-level role, available to anyone with an Enterprise license that unlocks the EXPANDED_PUBLIC_API feature. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.39.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on budibase, @budibase/server, upgrade to a fixed version (3.39.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/security/advisories/GHSA-6xp4-cf37-ppjh

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