CVE-2026-59799

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Two-factor authentication plugin allowing bypass of the two-factor authentication disable flow. 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. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack::::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-21 09:16

Updated : 2026-08-27 00:24

NVD link : CVE-2026-59799

Mitre link : CVE-2026-59799

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-59799

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Products Affected

apache

cloudstack

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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