Critical

Access control vulnerable to user data deletion by anonynmous users

  • Disclosed: 04.11.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 14:18

Impact

Anonymous users can delete the user data maintained by an AccessControl.userfolder.UserFolder which may prevent any privileged access.

Patches

The problem is fixed in version 7.2.

Workarounds

The problem can be fixed by adding data__roles__ = () to AccessControl.userfolder.UserFolder.

References

https://github.com/zopefoundation/AccessControl/issues/159

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) accesscontrol < 7.2 7.2
Python (PyPI) zope < 5.11.1 5.11.1

References

CVSS score 9.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269, CWE-284
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
accesscontrol, zope
Disclosed
04.11.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 14:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2076 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-g5vw-3h65-2q3v - CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2326 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: zope

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (17) in the archive
Total entries
17
First → latest
05.2021 11.2024
Without a fix
4
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 8
  • Medium 6
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 4
  2. 2022: 9
  3. 2023: 3
  4. 2024: 1
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. Access control vulnerable to user data deletion by anonynmous users this entry
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-51734 < 5.11.1 5.11.1
  2. High CVE-2002-0170 >= 2.2.0, < 2.4.4, >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.4.4, 2.5.1
  3. High CVE-2000-1211 >= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.4 no fix
  4. High CVE-2000-0062 >= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.4 no fix

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