# CVE-2026-61745: InvenTree: Missing authorization on machine restart endpoint allows any authenticated user to interrupt production equipment

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.0
- Published: 2026-09-21 · Updated: 2026-09-21

## Affected

- InvenTree: fixed in 1.4.0

## Description

InvenTree is an Open Source Inventory Management System. Prior to 1.4.0, the POST /api/machine/{pk}/restart/ endpoint in src/backend/InvenTree/machine/api.py uses IsAuthenticatedOrReadScope without requiring the ADMIN role used by other machine management operations. Any authenticated user who lacks the ADMIN role, including a warehouse user with only the STOCK role, can cause MachineRestart to invoke registry.restart_machine() for any registered machine, resetting its status and interrupting active printing, scanning, or other machine operations. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on InvenTree, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/security/advisories/GHSA-c9wp-mw98-gfrj
- https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/12197
- https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/commit/29b8ed91d22e7471a75c1197cd8f45a13ad40fdd
- https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/releases/tag/1.4.0

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