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GHSA-j9fc-w3mr-x6mvHIGHCVSS 8.8

Budibase: Privilege escalation via public role assignment API missing app-level authorization

Published Jul 24, 2026·Updated Jul 24, 2026

NVD Description

### Summary Budibase `3.39.19` (commit `03fbabae4`) is affected by a privilege-escalation / missing-authorization flaw in the public role-assignment API. An **app-scoped builder** (a user who builds only specific apps — `user.builder.apps = [appA]`, not a global builder or admin) can grant **themselves builder access to ANY other app in the tenant**, or assign themselves/any user an arbitrary data-plane role (e.g. `ADMIN`) in any app, by calling `POST /api/public/v1/roles/assign`. The endpoint only authorizes the two *global* flags (`admin`, `builder`); the per-app `appBuilder` and `role:{appId,roleId}` grant vectors are passed to the backend **without any authorization check that the caller controls the target app**. Reproduced in a local authorized lab using the verbatim authorization-gate and SDK logic. This is an incomplete fix of the role-assignment hardening in commit `d63d1d9054` ("Inline public user global role validation"), which only ever validated the global flags. ### Details The issue is caused by authorization being implemented as a **flag-level allowlist** (`admin`/`builder`) instead of validating the *scope* the caller is granting. Relevant code paths: - `packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/globalRoleValidation.ts` — `validateGlobalRoleUpdate(ctx, roleUpdate)` only checks `roleUpdate.admin` (requires `isAdmin`) and `roleUpdate.builder` (requires `isGlobalBuilder`). The `GlobalRoleUpdate` interface declares only `{ builder?, admin? }`; `appBuilder` and `role` are not referenced. - `packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/roles.ts` — `assign()` does `const { userIds, ...assignmentProps } = ctx.request.body; validateGlobalRoleUpdate(ctx, assignmentProps); await sdk.publicApi.roles.assign(userIds, assignmentProps)`. The `appBuilder`/`role` props pass through unvalidated. - `packages/pro/src/sdk/publicApi/roles.ts` — `assign()`: for `opts.appBuilder` it sets `user.builder = { apps: existing.concat([getProdWorkspaceID(opts.appBuilder.appId)]) }`; for `opts.role` it sets `user.roles[getProdWorkspaceID(opts.role.appId)] = opts.role.roleId`. No check that the caller builds the target app, and `userIds` is an arbitrary list (`bulkGet`). The only gate is the `isExpandedPublicApiEnabled()` license check. - `packages/server/src/api/routes/public/index.ts` — `applyAdminRoutes(roleEndpoints)` attaches **only** `middleware.builderOrAdmin` (no `publicApi`, no `authorized(PermissionType.USER, …)`). - `packages/backend-core/src/middleware/builderOrAdmin.ts` — with a `workspaceId` present, it only requires `isBuilder(ctx.user, workspaceId)`. The attacker sets `x-budibase-app-id` to **their own** app (appA), so the gate passes. - `packages/backend-core/src/middleware/builderOnly.ts` — on the worker, `POST /api/global/self/api_key` only requires `hasBuilderPermissions(ctx.user)`, which is true for app-scoped builders, so the attacker can self-issue a public API key. - `packages/shared-core/src/sdk/documents/users.ts` — `isGlobalBuilder` is false for app-scoped builders (so the global `builder` flag is correctly blocked), while `isBuilder(user, appA)` and `hasBuilderPermissions(user)` are true. Attack flow: 1. Attacker is an app-scoped builder of `appA` only (no global builder/admin). 2. `POST /api/global/self/api_key` (worker) — passes `builderOnly` via `hasBuilderPermissions` → attacker obtains a public API key. 3. `POST /api/public/v1/roles/assign` with header `x-budibase-app-id: <appA prod id>` and body `{"userIds":["<self>"],"appBuilder":{"appId":"<appB>"}}` — `builderOrAdmin` passes (`isBuilder(user, appA)`), `validateGlobalRoleUpdate` ignores `appBuilder`, the SDK pushes `appB` into `user.builder.apps`. 4. Attacker is now a builder of `appB` (and, via the `role` vector, can set any data-role such as `ADMIN` in any app). Security boundary crossed: - **Before:** builder of `appA` only. - **After:** builder of `appB` (and any other app) → read/modify all rows, read datasource configs and exfiltrate stored datasource credentials, edit automations (including the `bash`/`executeScript`/`executeQuery` steps); plus arbitrary data-role assignment in any app. - **Why disallowed:** the per-app builder model is meant to isolate builders to their assigned apps; a builder of one app must not gain authority over apps they were never granted. ### PoC Environment: - Budibase version: `3.39.19`, commit `03fbabae4` - Deployment: Business/Enterprise license required (`isExpandedPublicApiEnabled`) - Attacker role: app-scoped builder (`user.builder.apps=[appA]`), not global builder/admin - Mock services: none needed for the unit-level proof; HTTP PoC script provided for a licensed lab Steps (unit-level proof, no license needed — verbatim auth-gate + SDK logic): 1. Run the verification harness: ```bash cd D:/CVE-Hunting/budibase-audit-output/lab node harness/verify-privesc-authz.cjs ``` 2. Observed result (evidence: `evidence/lab-privesc-authz.log`): ```text [PASS-VALIDATION] appBuilder:{appId:APP_B} -> NOT rejected [PASS-VALIDATION] role:{appId:APP_B, roleId:'ADMIN'}-> NOT rejected [BLOCKED 403] builder:true (global) -> Only global builders or admins ... [BLOCKED 403] admin:true (global) -> Only global admins ... after : builder={"apps":["app_A...","app_B..."]} roles={"app_B...":"ADMIN"} isBuilder(attacker, APP_B) now = true <-- escalated to builder of APP_B ``` Steps (HTTP PoC for a licensed lab — `poc/privesc-roles-assign.sh`): ```bash # 1) self-issue API key curl -X POST http://localhost:10000/api/global/self/api_key -H "Cookie: <attacker session>" -d '{}' # 2) escalate: grant self builder of appB curl -X POST http://localhost:10000/api/public/v1/roles/assign \ -H "x-budibase-api-key: <KEY>" -H "x-budibase-app-id: <appA prod id>" \ -H "content-type: application/json" \ -d '{"userIds":["<self global id>"],"appBuilder":{"appId":"<appB>"}}' ``` 3. Expected result: ```text The request should be rejected (403) — an app-scoped builder must not be able to grant itself builder/role access to an app it does not control. Instead it returns 200 and the grant is applied. ``` Evidence files: - `evidence/lab-privesc-authz.log` - `poc/verify-privesc-authz.cjs`, `poc/privesc-roles-assign.sh` **Runtime limitation:** full HTTP end-to-end requires a Business/Enterprise license (`isExpandedPublicApiEnabled`); no license was cracked. The authorization defect is proven at unit level with the verbatim validation + SDK logic, and the route→validation→SDK call chain was independently verified by source review. ### Source PoC [Budibase-GHSA-Reports.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29161435/Budibase-GHSA-Reports.zip) ### Impact An attacker holding an **app-scoped builder** role on a single app in a licensed (Business/Enterprise) tenant can: * escalate to builder of **every other app** in the tenant (cross-app/workspace isolation bypass); * read and modify all rows in those apps; * read those apps' datasource configurations and **exfiltrate stored datasource credentials**; * edit automations in those apps, including server-side execution steps; * assign arbitrary data-plane roles (e.g. `ADMIN`) in any app to any user, including themselves. It does **not** grant the global `admin`/`builder` flags (those are validated), so it is not a direct global-admin takeover; but cross-app builder is effectively a tenant-wide app/data-plane compromise. No real secrets were accessed during testing; the lab used canary-only data.

Affected Packages (1)

@budibase/serverNPM
Fixed in = 3.38.1

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