Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-3638

Access Control in Devolutions Server ≤ 2025.3.12.0

Published
09 March 2026
Modified
30 March 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 8th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-3638 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Devolutions Devolutions Server. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Account Manipulation (T1098); ranked at the 8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Improper access control in user and role restore API endpoints in Devolutions Server 2025.3.11.0 and earlier allows a low-privileged authenticated user to restore deleted users and roles via crafted API requests.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence
Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems.
Why these techniques?

Improper authorization on restore endpoints directly enables unauthorized account/role restoration, mapping to Account Manipulation (T1098).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-53473Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-8322Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-64349Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-8310Shared CWE-862
CVE-2024-8349Shared CWE-862
CVE-2024-13677Shared CWE-862
CVE-2023-47179Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-55734Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-26368Shared CWE-862
CVE-2024-12876Shared CWE-862

Affected Assets

devolutions
devolutions server
≤ 2025.3.12.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-2 Account Management
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces authorization checks on the restore API endpoints so that only permitted roles can restore users/roles.

prevent

Ensures low-privileged accounts cannot perform privileged restore operations by restricting permissions to the minimum required.

prevent

Governs the full account and role lifecycle, including restoration actions, preventing unauthorized re-creation of deleted identities.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Explicitly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing authorizations and least privilege, directly preventing missing authorization checks.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Requiring authentication and credentials before any access occurs eliminates the absence of authorization checks that would otherwise allow an unauthenticated actor to reach protected resources.

prevents

Requiring formal authorization of every access request before rights are granted ensures that checks for required permissions are performed, preventing missing authorization checks from being introduced.

prevents

Mandatory authorization checks and central records of granted rights ensure that every access attempt is preceded by an explicit decision rather than relying on missing checks.

mitigates

Segregating the approval of access rights from their implementation provides an independent check that reduces the impact of missing authorization checks in the resulting system configuration.

detects

By requiring competent outsiders to verify that every function enforces the need-to-know principle, the control lowers the likelihood that missing authorization checks persist undetected.

prevents

Defining authorization responsibilities and reviewing risk-treatment progress throughout the project lifecycle catches missing authorization checks before the system is deployed.

References