CVE-2026-50222

Missing Authorization, Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Userdata reference APIs. Several userdata-related APIs in Apache CloudStack, including deleteUserData, linkUserDataToTemplate, resetUserDataForVirtualMachine, deployVirtualMachine, and updateVirtualMachine, exhibit missing or insufficient access control validation, potentially allowing cross-tenant/cross-account access to userdata resources that belong to other tenants. This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.18.0.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0. The deleteCniConfiguration API, introduced in 4.21.0.0, also exhibits similar behaviour and lacks access validation. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/g6cwddtjrwbh1d56wjz4cfp3fzfm4kbc	Vendor Advisory Mailing List

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-21 09:16

Updated : 2026-08-27 00:37

NVD link : CVE-2026-50222

Mitre link : CVE-2026-50222

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-50222

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Products Affected

apache

cloudstack

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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