{"id":"CVE-2026-16337","details":"Improper authorization in the ToolGroupResource and RoleAjax REST/DWR endpoints in dotCMS dotCMS 21.02 through 26.06.22-03 on all platforms allows a low-privileged authenticated backend user to self-assign the administrative layout and self-grant the CMS Administrator role, then achieve remote code execution via a crafted OSGi bundle upload whose BundleActivator executes arbitrary shell commands.","modified":"2026-07-24T03:57:00.101338065Z","published":"2026-07-20T19:15:11.190Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-269"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/16xxx/CVE-2026-16337.json","cna_assigner":"dotCMS"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/16xxx/CVE-2026-16337.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16337"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/36344"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/dotcms/core","events":[{"introduced":"3e4401c8fbf1bb9d1e69c580ea48d2b6324be295"},{"fixed":"982f82c2b25be2ceab6a162135cd161d10c35dd4"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"21.02"},{"last_affected":"26.06.22-03"},{"fixed":"26.06.22-03"}],"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","DESCRIPTION"]}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-16337.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H"}]}