CVE-2026-48898
Privilege escalation via improper access check in com_users batch task.
Is CVE-2026-48898 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-48898 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-48898?
CVE-2026-48898 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.2. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-48898?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-48898. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What should I do about CVE-2026-48898?
Monitor and review access controls; patch when released
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Privilege escalation via com_users batch task; attacker could gain higher privileges by bypassing access checks.
Monitor only
- affected4.0.0-5.4.5
- affected6.0.0-6.1.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.