Description
Camunda 7.24.0 before 7.24.15 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in the Admin web application's first-run setup endpoint, where SetupResource incorrectly determines setup availability by counting only direct members of the camunda-admin group rather than recognizing all configured administrators. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this logic flaw to call the setup user-create endpoint and create a new administrator account when the camunda-admin group is empty but the system is fully administered, resulting in account takeover and potential process deployment or script execution as the engine's service user.
Published: 2026-10-05
Score: 9.2 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Camunda
Camunda camunda 7
Vendors & Products Camunda
Camunda camunda 7

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description Camunda 7.24.0 before 7.24.15 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in the Admin web application's first-run setup endpoint, where SetupResource incorrectly determines setup availability by counting only direct members of the camunda-admin group rather than recognizing all configured administrators. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this logic flaw to call the setup user-create endpoint and create a new administrator account when the camunda-admin group is empty but the system is fully administered, resulting in account takeover and potential process deployment or script execution as the engine's service user.
Title Camunda 7.24.0 < 7.24.15 Incorrect Authorization via SetupResource Endpoint
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Camunda Camunda 7
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T17:08:06.546Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T18:25:46.944Z

Link: CVE-2026-77226

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-05T21:16:37.337

Modified: 2026-10-07T17:17:02.300

Link: CVE-2026-77226

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Updated: 2026-10-06T20:56:54Z

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