CVE-2026-94381

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• https://github.com/MISP/MISP/commit/fd27e592a 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8

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              "value": "<p>The fix removes the call to User::getAuthUser() and Auth::login() from the updateLoginTime() method, which was re-authenticating the user with their full role permissions. It replaces this with a call to _refreshAuth(), which refreshes the authentication state while preserving the current (restricted) permission level associated with the API key, preventing privilege escalation.</p>"
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      "title": "MISP Privilege Escalation: Read-Only API Key User Can Regain Full Role via updateLoginTime",
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                  "The tag_version_boundary indicates the fix commit is 141 commits before v2.5.47, implying v2.5.47 contains the fix; versions prior to v2.5.47 are assumed affected. No explicit version range is stated in the patch.",
                  "The _refreshAuth() method is assumed to preserve the current API-key-scoped permission level rather than re-fetching full role permissions; this is inferred from the commit subject and the removal of getAuthUser()/Auth::login().",
                  "The 'full role' referenced in the commit subject is assumed to be a higher-privilege role (e.g., admin or site admin) compared to the read-only API key scope.",
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