GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-2ppx-66jv-wpw5 Windmill: Resource-scoped API tokens can read script contents outside their allowed path via scripts/list_search
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-54136
- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- windmill-api
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-10
Affected packages
• crates.io windmill-api: < 1.715.0 → fixed in 1.715.0
Description
Summary
A resource-scoped API token can read script contents outside its allowed path scope via `GET /api/w/{workspace}/scripts/list_search`.
This appears to be a remaining variant of the scoped-token authorization class previously addressed for other endpoints. The route-level scope middleware validates the token domain/action, but does not enforce the resource/path segment of a scope. `scripts/list_search` then returns script `path` and `content` for scripts in the workspace without applying per-row path filtering against the token scopes.
Affected endpoint
`GET /api/w/{workspace}/scripts/list_search`
Affected versions
Confirmed in the current public repository code and believed to affect the latest published release at the time of review:
`<= 1.714.1`
Patched version: unknown.
Details
Windmill supports scoped API tokens with scopes in the format:
`{domain}:{action}[:{resource}]`
The parser supports resource-scoped values such as:
`scripts:read:f/allowed/*`
and the codebase contains helpers for resource matching, including wildcard matching.
However, the route-level scope check used for requests with scoped API tokens only validates the route domain and action. It does not compare the token's resource/path restriction against the requested route or against the rows returned by list endpoints.
For `scripts/list_search`, the handler returns `path` and `content` for scripts in the workspace:
`SELECT path, content from script WHERE workspace_id = $1 AND archived = false LIMIT $2`
There is no additional `check_scopes(...)` call in the handler and no per-row filtering based on the token's resource/path scope.
As a result, a token intended to read only scripts under one path prefix may be able to read script contents from unrelated paths in the same workspace.
Source-level reproduction
1. Create or use a workspace containing at least two scripts:
• `f/allowed/script_a`
• `f/private/script_b`
2. Create a scoped API token intended to read only the allowed path:
`scripts:read:f/allowed/*`
3. Use that token to call:
`GET /api/w/{workspace}/scripts/list_search`
4. Expected behavior:
The response should include only scripts matching the token's resource scope, e.g. only scripts under:
`f/allowed/*`
5. Actual behavior from source review:
The route-level scope check accepts the request as `scripts:read`, and the handler returns script `path` and `content` for scripts in the workspace without filtering the rows by the token's resource scope.
This can expose script source code from paths outside the token's intended scope.
Impact
A user or integration holding a path-restricted `scripts:read:{resource}` token may be able to read script contents from unrelated scripts in the same workspace.
Depending on how scripts are used, this may disclose:
• internal automation logic,
• integration details,
• business logic,
• inline configuration,
• accidentally hardcoded secrets or credentials.
This does not require admin privileges. It requires possession of a valid scoped API token for the workspace.
Related context
This appears related to the broader class of issues where route-level token scope enforcement validates domain/action but not the resource/path portion of the scope. Similar scoped-token issues appear to have been fixed for other endpoints, such as resources/variables listing and job preview/run paths, but I did not find an equivalent fix for `scripts/list_search`.
Suggested fix
Apply resource/path scope enforcement to `scripts/list_search`.
Possible approaches:
1. Add explicit handler-level authorization similar to per-resource endpoints.
2. Filter returned rows so that a scoped token only receives scripts whose `path` is included by at least one `scripts:read:{resource}` scope.
3. Add regression tests for:
• `scripts:read:f/allowed/*` cannot see `f/private/script_b`,
• broad `scripts:read` still sees all accessible scripts,
• unscoped tokens preserve current behavior,
• filter-tag-only tokens preserve current compatibility behavior.
A more defensive long-term fix would be to make route-level scope enforcement aware of resource/path restrictions where the route contains a concrete resource path, while list endpoints should apply per-row filtering.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-54136 Windmill is an open-source developer platform for internal code: APIs, background jobs, workflows and UIs. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness