Improper Access Control in Unknown App Permits Authenticated Scope Escalation
CVE-2026-2698 Published on February 23, 2026

Improper Access Control
An improper access control vulnerability exists where an authenticated user could access areas outside of their authorized scope.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-2698 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR Vulnerability?

The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

CVE-2026-2698 has been classified to as an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-2698

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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
8.80%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.