# CVE-2026-92761: WebVirtCloud Missing Authorization on Instance Control Actions

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-21

## Affected

- retspen webvirtcloud: version range not reported

## Description

WebVirtCloud fails to properly validate permission flags in UserInstance grants, allowing view-only users to perform privileged actions. Attackers with read-only grants can power off virtual machines, reset root passwords, install SSH keys, and manage ISO images by exploiting the get_instance gate that only checks grant existence.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on retspen webvirtcloud, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/retspen/webvirtcloud/issues/682
- https://github.com/retspen/webvirtcloud
- https://github.com/retspen/webvirtcloud/blob/1b2da68b2800f94674dd96f4a986cde30ac88280/instances/views.py#L316-L330
- https://github.com/retspen/webvirtcloud/blob/1b2da68b2800f94674dd96f4a986cde30ac88280/instances/views.py#L356-L363
- https://github.com/retspen/webvirtcloud/blob/1b2da68b2800f94674dd96f4a986cde30ac88280/instances/views.py#L538-L546
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/webvirtcloud-missing-authorization-on-instance-control-actions

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