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.
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Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:30:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | immich API Key Privilege Escalation vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-01-29T17:12:43.543Z
Reserved: 2026-01-16T21:02:02.903Z
Link: CVE-2026-23896
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-01-29T18:16:14.970
Modified: 2026-01-29T18:54:13.477
Link: CVE-2026-23896
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