hakaioffsec/cve-2026-16764Python exploit for CVE-2026-16764, a privilege escalation in OWASP DefectDojo where an is_staff REST API bypass lets a low-privileged user gain superuser access.
Privilege Escalation in OWASP DefectDojo via is_staff API bypass.
A user with only auth.change_user permission can escalate to superuser in two steps:
is_staff=true on their own account via REST API (validation only blocks is_superuser)is_superuser checkbox7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
python3 CVE-2026-16764-exploit.py -u http://target:8080 -U username -P password
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