CVE-2026-85389

Worklenz before 3.0.0 Authorization Bypass on Task-Scoped Endpoints

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 3, 2026 at 06:54 PM UTC
Updated: September 14, 2026 at 02:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWorklenz

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Worklenz before 3.0.0 fails to verify task ownership by organization when resolving task-scoped API endpoints, allowing authenticated users to access another tenant's task data. Attackers can query task endpoints with arbitrary task UUIDs to retrieve work logs, comments, attachments, and project insights belonging to other organizations.

Affected

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

v < 3.0.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.0.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-639

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