Vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Cloudstack

CVE-2026-66797

Improper access control in CloudStack's annotation functionality allows unauthorized comment creation and disclosure. The addAnnotation and listAnnotation APIs perform an ownership check when an entity's UUID is specified, but fail to honor its result correctly. This lets any authenticated user write annotations to, and disclose existing annotations/comments on, an entity they don't own by simply supplying its UUID. This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.15.0.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-66797?
CVE-2026-66797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Cloudstack, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-66797?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.