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CVE-2026-42571

Published: May 9, 2026

Modified: May 12, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
PelicanPlatform	pelican	affected `>= 7.21.0, < 7.21.5` affected `>= 7.22.0, < 7.22.3` affected `>= 7.23.0, < 7.23.3` affected `>= 7.24.0, < 7.24.2`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/security/advisories/GHSA-rpfr-x88x-xwcw

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/commit/7f73b9c3e677a0ae4a0ec465c5d98bb8bd948854

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