# CVE-2026-62667: Grav API Plugin : API Key 'scopes' Never Enforced - Delegated Least-Privilege Keys Carry Full User ACL

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.6
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- getgrav grav-plugin-api: fixed in 1.0.6

## Description

Grav API Plugin is a RESTful API for Grav CMS that provides full headless access to your site's content. Prior to 1.0.6, the Grav API plugin ApiKeyManager::generateKey() stores a declared scopes array, but ApiKeyAuthenticator::authenticate() does not read keyData[scopes] and returns the owning user's complete identity. AbstractApiController::requirePermission() consequently evaluates the full user ACL, so a key issued for a read-only scope can perform every write, delete, and administrative operation available to the owner. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getgrav grav-plugin-api, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-x7hm-jc32-v39j
- https://github.com/getgrav/grav-plugin-api/commit/dfcc947f0d6758772caac290c68fe8d4c4a4874e
- https://github.com/getgrav/grav-plugin-api/releases/tag/1.0.6

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