Advisory [CVE-2026-81808] Missing Authorization in ProductSearchEvents in Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms allows a remote authenticated attacker holding only catalog view permission to bulk-modify product category and feature associations across arbitrary search results by seeding a broad product search and then invoking search-result mutation events such as searchRemoveFromCategory, searchExpireFromCategory, searchAddToCategory, searchAddFeature, and searchRemoveFeature, causing the servlet to authorize the request against only the base view-level permission declared on the request-map while the underlying event methods perform bulk entity-engine deletes/inserts without checking the DELETE/CREATE permission enforced by the equivalent service-layer operations (e.g
This Apache Software Foundation security advisory covers CVE-2026-81808 affecting Apache OFBiz.
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Summary
Missing Authorization in ProductSearchEvents in Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms allows a remote authenticated attacker holding only catalog view permission to bulk-modify product category and feature associations across arbitrary search results by seeding a broad product search and then invoking search-result mutation events such as searchRemoveFromCategory, searchExpireFromCategory, searchAddToCategory, searchAddFeature, and searchRemoveFeature, causing the servlet to authorize the request against only the base view-level permission declared on the request-map while the underlying event methods perform bulk entity-engine deletes/inserts without checking the DELETE/CREATE permission enforced by the equivalent service-layer operations (e.g. removeProductFromCategory).
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.
Is CVE-2026-81808 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2026-81808 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2026-81808?
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Apache:
- 24.09.08
Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.
- Apache OFBiz before 24.09.08
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- 24.09.08
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 days ago·verify at source
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