Medium severity · published May 28, 2026
CVE-2026-41160
EspoCRM: Broken Access Control / IDOR in Note Pinning API allows unauthorized modification of notes
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. Prior to 9.3.5, a business logic flaw (Broken Access Control) in EspoCRM 9.3.3 allows low-privileged users to pin arbitrary notes without having the required edit permissions for the parent object. Due to a "write first, authorize later" execution flaw in the backend API, even though the server correctly returns a 403 Forbidden error, the targeted note's pinned status is already persistently modified in the database. The root cause lies in the server-side processing of the POST /api/v1/Note/{id}/pin endpoint. In application/Espo/Tools/Stream/Api/PostNotePin.php, the process() method first calls getNote($id) before calling checkParent($note). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.3.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
espocrm · espocrm
< 9.3.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41160
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41160
github.com
https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/security/advisories/GHSA-c3rm-m24p-255p
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