---
id: "CVE-2026-81808"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-81808"]
title: "Apache OFBiz: catalog viewers can bulk-edit product categories and features"
severity: "medium"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["apache-ofbiz", "ecommerce", "package", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["no-catalog-view-users", "version-not-24.09"]
published_at: "2026-11-05T15:17:26+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-05T15:39:22+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-05T15:40:50+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81808", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-05T15:39:22+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Apache OFBiz: catalog viewers can bulk-edit product categories and features

Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 checks only view permission on product search mutation events, so a logged-in user with catalog view rights can bulk-add, remove or expire product category and feature links. The sources do not describe code execution or data theft beyond altering catalog associations.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Fix

- Apache OFBiz: upgrade to `24.09.08`

## Timeline

- 2026-11-05T15:39:22+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81808

## From the sources

Missing Authorization in ProductSearchEvents in Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms allows a remote authenticated attacker holding only catalog view permission to bulk-modify product category and feature associations across arbitrary search results by seeding a broad product search and then invoking search-result mutation events such as searchRemoveFromCategory, searchExpireFromCategory, searchAddToCategory, searchAddFeature, and searchRemoveFeature, causing the servlet to authorize the request against only the base view-level permission declared on the request-map while the underlying event methods perform bulk entity-engine deletes/inserts without checking the DELETE/CREATE permission enforced by the equivalent service-layer operations (e.g. removeProductFromCategory). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.

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