Privilege escalation in Penpot
CVE-2026-105688
Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform. Prior to 2.18.0, create-team-invitations and the invitation acceptance path allow a non-owner team administrator to assign the owner role because invitation roles are persisted and applied without the role-ceiling check used by update-team-member-role. An administrator can invite another account as an owner, create multiple owners, and then use the new owner account to obtain owner-only control over the team. This issue is fixed in version 2.18.0.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.
Affected products
- Penpot — versions < 2.18.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-105688?
- CVE-2026-105688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Penpot, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-10-05.
- How severe is CVE-2026-105688?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.