---
id: "CVE-2026-96390"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-96390"]
title: "Drupal Editoria11y Accessibility Checker: privilege escalation through unsafe permission actions"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.3
epss: 0.00152
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["drupal", "package", "php", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["fixed-version", "module-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-22T02:17:09+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T04:37:28+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96390", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-96390", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00"}]
---

# Drupal Editoria11y Accessibility Checker: privilege escalation through unsafe permission actions

The Drupal Editoria11y Accessibility Checker module defines a privilege with unsafe actions, which allows privilege escalation. An attacker with a low-privileged Drupal account could gain rights beyond what they were granted.

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

## How to check

- Check the installed version of the Editoria11y Accessibility Checker module with `drush pm:list --filter=editoria11y` or in the module's `*.info.yml` file.
- Review which roles hold the permissions this module defines in the Drupal permissions page.

## Fix

- Upgrade the Editoria11y Accessibility Checker module to `2.2.24` or later in the 2.x line, or to `3.0.10` or later in the 3.x line.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96390
- 2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-96390

## From the sources

Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Editoria11y Accessibility Checker allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Editoria11y Accessibility Checker versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.2.23, from 3.0.0 to 3.0.9.

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