Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-38568

High

Published: 11 May 2026

Published
11 May 2026
Modified
12 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0003 7.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-38568 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Sourcecodester (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 7.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

NVD Description

HireFlow v1.2 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control. The application does not enforce object-level authorization on the /candidate/<id> and /interview/<id> endpoints. The route handlers retrieve records by the user-supplied ID without verifying that the requesting user is the owner or…

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has an authorized role. Any authenticated user can access any other user's candidate profiles and interview notes by iterating the integer ID in the URL path, constituting a horizontal privilege escalation and full data breach of all records in the system.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Affected Products

Sourcecodester
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

References