CVE-2026-45415
Published:July 13, 2026
Updated:August 02, 2026
Description A participant manager can access and modify the CSV census record admin forms. Technical description The CSV census admin record-management surface under "/admin/csv_census/census_logs" does not enforce admin-only authorization before rendering or mutating "Decidim::Verifications::CsvDatum". A participant manager (which can only manage participants) can therefore open the admin forms, create or update census rows, and delete rows directly. Reproduction steps: 1. Sign in a participant admin and open "http://localhost:3000/admin/csv_census/census_logs/new_record" in the browser. Confirm the create form loads even though the session is not a full admin. <img width="1541" height="274" alt="decidim-census-01" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/859ee101-746f-4acb-8051-27036689f1b3" /><img width="1538" height="363" alt="decidim-census-02" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/85bbb004-a999-46dc-856c-fd32b50ced2c" />Note that normal participant accounts were not able to access the CSV census records which is good. Impact Any participant admin can create, alter, or remove CSV census rows, which can corrupt verification data relied on by authorization workflows. Patches See https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16674 and https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16703 Workarounds Disable Organization Census verification method Reference OWASP A01:2021 Broken Access Control Credits This issue was discovered in a security audit organized by the "Decidim Association" (https://decidim.org) and made by "Radically Open Security" (https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/) against Decidim financed by "NGI" (https://ngi.eu/).
Affected Packages
decidim-verifications (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=0.8.0 <0.30.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.30.9decidim-verifications (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=0.32.0.rc1 <0.32.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.32.0decidim-verifications (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=0.31.0.rc1 <0.31.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.31.5Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Authorization