High severity · published Mar 19, 2026
CVE-2026-32752
FreeScout: Broken Access Control in ThreadPolicy — Any User Can Read/Edit All Customer Messages
8.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. In versions 1.8.208 and below, the ThreadPolicy::edit() method contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows any authenticated user (regardless of role or mailbox access) to read and modify all customer-created thread messages across all mailboxes. This flaw enables silent modification of customer messages (evidence tampering), bypasses the entire mailbox permission model, and constitutes a GDPR/compliance violation. The issue has been fixed in version 1.8.209.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
freescout · freescout-help-desk
< 1.8.209 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32752
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32752
Patch
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/996a7f96337fdd8a1d1bbd0da0ec7ec85d160b11
Product
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/releases/tag/1.8.209
Exploit
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-wxg5-g9vv-v8g9
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