# CVE-2026-77426: Unleash: Missing await on permission check + cross-project IDOR in admin API

- Also known as: GHSA-72H8-WP98-7HCH
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.0.3
- Published: 2026-09-22 · Updated: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- unleash: fixed in 8.0.3
- unleash-server (npm): fixed in 8.0.3

## Description

Unleash is an open-source feature management platform. Prior to 8.0.3, the Unleash admin API contains five authorization vulnerabilities. POST /api/admin/segments/strategies assigns the Promise returned by hasPermission without awaiting it, allowing authenticated users to modify segment assignments without UPDATE_FEATURE_STRATEGY permission for the target project and environment. GET /api/admin/projects/:projectId/features/:featureName/environments/:environment/variants does not bind the requested feature to projectId, allowing cross-project variant configuration disclosure. GET .../strategies/:strategyId uses strategyId without validating the project and feature context, allowing cross-project strategy configuration disclosure. getEnvironmentInfo does not validate that the requested feature belongs to the supplied project, allowing cross-project environment information disclosure. PUT /:projectId/tags accepts feature identifiers without verifying that they belong to the URL project, allowing cross-project tag modification. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on unleash, unleash-server, upgrade to a fixed version (8.0.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/security/advisories/GHSA-72h8-wp98-7hch
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/commit/7bb2829fc40791aa478e8ffca149c11b0f9cb05a
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/commit/ace121c922d2e3eb6f68d95b0b6ab2fc8d824ea1
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/commit/bea7effd3687425630423f662136d548e100154d
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/commit/c93a963e95e1b7bf1bca2a7729282a48d0eb2f6a
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/commit/dd61d0e10f5977a2e5de78df467c3a17c09fbcef
- https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v8.0.3

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