---
id: "CVE-2026-84183"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-84183"]
title: "Apache OFBiz: authorization flaw lets low-privilege users run arbitrary commands"
severity: "high"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["apache-ofbiz", "java", "package", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["no-low-privilege-accounts", "version-24.09.08-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-05T14:17:06+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-05T14:39:19+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-05T14:40:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84183", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-05T14:39:19+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Apache OFBiz: authorization flaw lets low-privilege users run arbitrary commands

In Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08, an authenticated user with only view permissions can relink content records and turn a data resource into a template pointing at the access log. Because a crafted User-Agent header is written into that log and then evaluated as a template, the attacker can execute arbitrary commands as the OFBiz process user.

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

## How to check

- Check the OFBiz version in use; `24.09.x` below `24.09.08` is affected.
- Confirm whether users holding only `OFBTOOLS_VIEW` and `CONTENTMGR_VIEW` can exist in your deployment.

## Fix

- Apache OFBiz 24.09: upgrade to `24.09.08`.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-05T14:39:19+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84183

## From the sources

Incorrect Authorization in the updateLayout simple-method in applications/content/minilang/layout/LayoutEvents.xml in Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms allows a remote authenticated attacker holding only OFBTOOLS_VIEW and CONTENTMGR_VIEW to execute arbitrary commands as the OFBiz process user, by using updateLayout's authorization check — which validates only the fixed CONTENT_CREATE operation rather than an update permission on the actual Content record and an independently selected DataResource — to relink an existing RESPONSE-purpose Content record and convert an arbitrary, independently selected DataResource into an OFBIZ_FILE/FTL resource pointed at the OFBiz access log, poisoned via a crafted User-Agent header and evaluated through the normal authenticated showContent route. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.

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