CVE-2024-55954

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenObserve versions prior to 0.14.1

Description A vulnerability in the user management endpoint /api/{org id}/users/{email id} allows an "Admin" role user to remove a "Root" user from the organization, violating the intended privilege hierarchy. This is due to insufficient role checks in the remove user from org function, enabling a non-root user to remove the highest-privileged account. As a result, an attacker with an "Admin" role can remove critical "Root" users, potentially gaining effective full control by eliminating the highest-privileged accounts. The DELETE /api/{org id}/users/{email id} endpoint is affected.

Recommendations For OpenObserve versions prior to 0.14.1, upgrade to release version 0.14.1 to address the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the remove user from org function or the /api/{org id}/users/{email id} endpoint to prevent "Admin" users from removing "Root" users until the upgrade is applied.