GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-q79h-67vx-m9xg Decidim: CSV census record endpoints improper authorization

MEDIUM Published 2026-07-13 Modified 2026-07-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-45415
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
decidim-verifications
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-285
Reviewed
2026-07-13

Affected packages

• RubyGems decidim-verifications: < 0.30.9 → fixed in 0.30.9 • RubyGems decidim-verifications: >= 0.31.0.rc1, < 0.31.5 → fixed in 0.31.5 • RubyGems decidim-verifications: >= 0.32.0.rc1, < 0.32.0 → fixed in 0.32.0

Description

Description A participant manager can access and modify the CSV census record admin forms. Technical description The CSV census admin record-management surface under `/admin/csv_census/census_logs` does not enforce admin-only authorization before rendering or mutating `Decidim::Verifications::CsvDatum`. A participant manager (which can only manage participants) can therefore open the admin forms, create or update census rows, and delete rows directly. Reproduction steps: 1. Sign in a participant admin and open `http://localhost:3000/admin/csv_census/census_logs/new_record` in the browser. Confirm the create form loads even though the session is not a full admin. Note that normal participant accounts were not able to access the CSV census records which is good. Impact Any participant admin can create, alter, or remove CSV census rows, which can corrupt verification data relied on by authorization workflows. Patches See https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16674 and https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16703 Workarounds Disable Organization Census verification method Reference OWASP A01:2021 Broken Access Control Credits This issue was discovered in a security audit organized by the Decidim Association and made by Radically Open Security against Decidim financed by NGI.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-45415 Decidim is a participatory democracy framework. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness

References