Disclosure summary
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.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-863
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-77226
Open original source · Updated Oct 05, 2026
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Original records & references
PUBLISHED 2026-10-05T17:16:37-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-05T17:16:37-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-06T11:45:40-04:00