CVE-2026-86195
Grav plugin privilege escalation allows creation of super-admin via invitation endpoint
Is CVE-2026-86195 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-86195 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 0.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-86195?
CVE-2026-86195 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. 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-2026-86195?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-86195. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-86195 affect?
CVE-2026-86195 affects grav-plugin-api < 1.0.20, Grav CMS sites using grav-plugin-api. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-86195?
Upgrade grav-plugin-api to >=1.0.20, revoke/rotate admin tokens, audit accounts and logs
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attackers can create a super-admin account via crafted invitation and receive a valid JWT, enabling full site takeover.
Immediate action required
- affected< 1.0.20
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.