Description
Pelican is a platform for creating data federations. From versions 7.21.0 to before 7.21.5, 7.22.0 to before 7.22.3, 7.23.0 to before 7.23.3, and 7.24.0 to before 7.24.2, there is a a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pelican's Web User Interface (WebUI). This attack allows any user authenticated to the WebUI via OAuth to gain admin privileges under certain configurations. This issue has been patched in versions 7.21.5, 7.22.3, 7.23.3, and 7.24.2.
Published: 2026-05-09
Score: 9 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rpfr-x88x-xwcw Pelican Web UI Affected by a Privilege Escalation Attack
History

Tue, 12 May 2026 03:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 10 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pelicanplatform
Pelicanplatform pelican
Vendors & Products Pelicanplatform
Pelicanplatform pelican

Sat, 09 May 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Pelican is a platform for creating data federations. From versions 7.21.0 to before 7.21.5, 7.22.0 to before 7.22.3, 7.23.0 to before 7.23.3, and 7.24.0 to before 7.24.2, there is a a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pelican's Web User Interface (WebUI). This attack allows any user authenticated to the WebUI via OAuth to gain admin privileges under certain configurations. This issue has been patched in versions 7.21.5, 7.22.3, 7.23.3, and 7.24.2.
Title Privilege Escalation Attack affecting Pelican Web UI
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


Subscriptions

Pelicanplatform Pelican
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T02:27:16.826Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T17:26:12.084Z

Link: CVE-2026-42571

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T02:27:13.149Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-09T20:16:29.277

Modified: 2026-05-13T15:23:57.230

Link: CVE-2026-42571

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-10T21:24:26Z

Weaknesses