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High 7.2Published Jan 29, 2026

CVE-2026-23896immich API Key Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects immich-app immich and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

immich is a high performance self-hosted photo and video management solution. Prior to version 2.5.0, API keys can escalate their own permissions by calling the update endpoint, allowing a low-privilege API key to grant itself full administrative access to the system. Version 2.5.0 fixes the issue.

CVSS
7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Jan 29, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
immich-app immich
immich_app:immich (from the name)
before 2.5.0
CNA record
futo immich
futo:immich
before 2.5.0
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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