CVE-2026-41160

EspoCRM: Broken Access Control / IDOR in Note Pinning API allows unauthorized modification of notes

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 28, 2026 at 04:24 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEspoCRM

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. Prior to 9.3.5, a business logic flaw (Broken Access Control) in EspoCRM 9.3.3 allows low-privileged users to pin arbitrary notes without having the required edit permissions for the parent object. Due to a "write first, authorize later" execution flaw in the backend API, even though the server correctly returns a 403 Forbidden error, the targeted note's pinned status is already persistently modified in the database. The root cause lies in the server-side processing of the POST /api/v1/Note/{id}/pin endpoint. In application/Espo/Tools/Stream/Api/PostNotePin.php, the process() method first calls getNote($id) before calling checkParent($note). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.3.5.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9.3.5
Affected range stops below 9.3.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

4.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-284CWE-639CWE-862

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