📄 Description (English)
Wekan versions prior to 8.20 allow non-administrative users to access migration functionality due to insufficient permission checks, potentially resulting in unauthorized migration operations.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
Wekan versions before 8.20 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-25859) allowing non-administrative users to access sensitive migration functionality. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability could enable unauthorized data migration operations, potentially leading to data exfiltration or system compromise. Organizations using Wekan for project management should prioritize immediate patching to version 8.20 or later.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 22, 2026 20:53
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses significant risk to Saudi government agencies, educational institutions, and private sector organizations using Wekan for project collaboration. Government entities under NCA oversight and ARAMCO's project management teams are particularly vulnerable. The authorization bypass could allow unauthorized personnel to migrate sensitive project data, blueprints, or strategic information. Financial institutions and healthcare organizations using Wekan for internal project tracking face data confidentiality risks. The vulnerability is especially critical for organizations handling classified or sensitive information related to Vision 2030 initiatives.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Education
Banking and Financial Services
Energy (ARAMCO)
Healthcare
Telecommunications
Manufacturing
Consulting and Professional Services
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
1. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
- Identify all Wekan instances in your environment and document their versions
- Restrict access to Wekan migration functionality at the network level if possible
- Review audit logs for unauthorized migration attempts or suspicious user activities
- Disable migration features if not actively required
2. PATCHING GUIDANCE:
- Upgrade all Wekan installations to version 8.20 or later immediately
- Test patches in non-production environments first
- Schedule maintenance windows for production upgrades
- Verify proper permission controls after patching
3. COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
- Implement role-based access control (RBAC) at the application level
- Monitor and log all migration-related activities
- Restrict database access to authorized administrators only
- Implement network segmentation to limit lateral movement
4. DETECTION RULES:
- Alert on any migration function calls from non-administrative user accounts
- Monitor for unusual data export or backup activities
- Track changes to user permissions and role assignments
- Log all API calls to migration endpoints with source IP and user context
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. الإجراءات الفورية:
- حدد جميع مثيلات Wekan في بيئتك وقثّق إصداراتها
- قيّد الوصول إلى وظائف ترحيل Wekan على مستوى الشبكة إن أمكن
- راجع سجلات التدقيق للبحث عن محاولات ترحيل غير مصرح بها أو أنشطة مريبة
- عطّل ميزات الترحيل إذا لم تكن مطلوبة بنشاط
2. إرشادات التصحيح:
- ترقية جميع تثبيتات Wekan إلى الإصدار 8.20 أو أحدث فوراً
- اختبر التصحيحات في بيئات غير الإنتاج أولاً
- جدول نوافذ الصيانة لترقيات الإنتاج
- تحقق من التحكم الصحيح في الأذونات بعد التصحيح
3. الضوابط البديلة:
- تطبيق التحكم في الوصول القائم على الأدوار (RBAC) على مستوى التطبيق
- مراقبة وتسجيل جميع الأنشطة المتعلقة بالترحيل
- تقييد الوصول إلى قاعدة البيانات للمسؤولين المصرح لهم فقط
- تطبيق تقسيم الشبكة لتحديد الحركة الجانبية
4. قواعد الكشف:
- تنبيه عند أي استدعاءات وظائف ترحيل من حسابات المستخدمين غير الإداريين
- مراقبة أنشطة تصدير البيانات أو النسخ الاحتياطي غير العادية
- تتبع التغييرات في أذونات المستخدم وتعيينات الأدوار
- تسجيل جميع استدعاءات API لنقاط نهاية الترحيل مع IP المصدر وسياق المستخدم
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - User Access Management
ECC 2024 A.5.2.1 - User Registration and De-registration
ECC 2024 A.5.3.1 - Access Rights Review
ECC 2024 A.8.1.1 - Information Security Awareness and Training
ECC 2024 A.12.4.1 - Event Logging
ECC 2024 A.12.4.3 - Administrator and Operator Logs
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF ID.AC-1 - Access Control Policy
SAMA CSF ID.AC-2 - Physical and Logical Access Controls
SAMA CSF DE.AE-1 - Audit Logs
SAMA CSF DE.AE-3 - Unauthorized Activities Detection
SAMA CSF PR.AC-1 - Identities and Credentials Management
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.2 - User Access Management
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.3 - Access Control
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.2 - Information Security Awareness
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.3 - Information Security Awareness, Education and Training
ISO 27001:2022 A.12.4 - Logging
🔗 References & Sources 3
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https://github.com/wekan/wekan/commit/cbb1cd78de3e40264a5e047ace0ce27f8635b4e6
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Patch
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https://wekan.fi/
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Product
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https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wekan-migration-functionality-insufficient-permiss...
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Third Party Advisory
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
wekan_project:wekan