Description
Genealogy is a family tree PHP application. Prior to 5.9.1, a critical broken access control vulnerability in the genealogy application allows any authenticated user to transfer ownership of arbitrary non-personal teams to themselves. This enables complete takeover of other users’ team workspaces and unrestricted access to all genealogy data associated with the compromised team. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.1.
Published: 2026-04-07
Score: 10 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Privilege Escalation: Team Hijack
Action: Immediate Patch
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History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kreaweb
Kreaweb genealogy
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kreaweb:genealogy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kreaweb
Kreaweb genealogy

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mgeurts
Mgeurts genealogy
Vendors & Products Mgeurts
Mgeurts genealogy

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Genealogy is a family tree PHP application. Prior to 5.9.1, a critical broken access control vulnerability in the genealogy application allows any authenticated user to transfer ownership of arbitrary non-personal teams to themselves. This enables complete takeover of other users’ team workspaces and unrestricted access to all genealogy data associated with the compromised team. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.1.
Title Genealogy is Missing Authorization in `TeamController::transferOwnership()` Allows Any Authenticated User to Hijack Any Team (Broken Access Control)
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Kreaweb Genealogy
Mgeurts Genealogy
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T18:10:34.141Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T21:29:17.349Z

Link: CVE-2026-39355

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Updated: 2026-04-08T18:10:24.750Z

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-07T19:16:46.523

Modified: 2026-04-10T19:03:43.350

Link: CVE-2026-39355

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Updated: 2026-04-13T14:26:20Z

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