Weaviate RBAC Role Assignment Permission Verification Vulnerability

# Weaviate RBAC Role Assignment Permission Verification Vulnerability

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/weaviate-rbac-role-assignment-permission-verification-vulner · AIR-2026-1150 · closed 2026-07-02

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2026-07-02
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Weaviate
- CVE ids: CVE-2026-59093
- CVSS: 8.8

## Summary

An access control vulnerability exists in Weaviate before version 1.38.0 where users performing role assignments are not properly checked for holding the assigned permissions. A patch or upgrade is required to prevent unauthorized privilege delegation.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2026-07-02: CVE-2026-59093: Weaviate before 1.38.0 does not verify that a principal performing an RBAC role assignment holds the permissions granted by the… (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59093)

## Sources

- 2026-07-02 NVD: CVE-2026-59093: Weaviate before 1.38.0 does not verify that a principal performing an RBAC role assignment holds the permissions granted by the… https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59093

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