Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-23896

immich-app Immich

immich API Key Privilege Escalation vulnerability

CVSS 3.1

7.2High

Official description

immich is a high performance self-hosted photo and video management solution. Prior to version 2.5.0, API keys can escalate their own permissions by calling the update endpoint, allowing a low-privilege API key to grant itself full administrative access to the system. Version 2.5.0 fixes the issue.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
7.2High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
immich-app	Immich	< 2.5.0	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://github.com/immich-app/immich/security/advisories/GHSA-237r-x578-h5mv x_refsource_CONFIRM

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Details

Published: 2026-01-29
Last updated: 2026-01-30
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): GitHub_M

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.35%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

29%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: Proof of concept
Technical impact: Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management