Incorrect permissions following the deletion of a user role or deactivation of a user

published 2020-11-09 5 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-magento-2020-24401 , EUVD-2022-3669 , GHSA-f2g3-3c6q-4478

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

Magento versions 2.4.0 and 2.3.5p1 (and earlier) are affected by an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A user can still access resources provisioned under their old role after an administrator removes the role or disables the user's account.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3

packagist magento/community-edition 2.4.1
bitnami magento 2.3.5, 2.4.1
magento magento 2.3.5

Exploit prediction

2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GitHub	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
OSV	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	magento/community-edition	<2.4.1	2.4.1
packagist	magento/project-community-edition	<=2.0.2	no fix listed
bitnami	magento	<2.3.5 >=2.4.0, <2.4.1	2.3.5 2.4.1

Affected products

Adobe Magento Commerce

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/magento/apsb20-59.html
web, vendor-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24401
advisory, web
github.com /magento/magento2
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary