# CVE-2026-53444: Wekan privilege escalation in OIDC Meteor methods

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53444-wekan-privilege-escalation-in-oidc-meteor-methods  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-07-15. Updated: 2026-07-15  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-53444 · Severity: info · CVSS 7.6 · Published 2026-07-15

Wekan, an open-source Kanban board application, contained a security flaw in its OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication component. This vulnerability allowed regular logged-in users to perform administrative actions, such as creating or modifying organizations and teams, without proper authorization. In certain configurations, an attacker could exploit this to grant themselves full global administrator privileges, potentially leading to a complete takeover of the Wekan instance and all its data.

Technologies: [WeKan](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/wekan). Vendors: [WeKan](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/wekan).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-53444 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-53444 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-53444?** Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 7.6, published 15 July 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** WeKan < 9.32.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-53444?** A patch was published on 2026-05-31: Version 9.32 released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-53444 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-53444?** Check whether you run WeKan at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

Six Meteor methods used in the OIDC login flow (setCreateOrgFromOidc, setOrgAllFieldsFromOidc, setCreateTeamFromOidc, setTeamAllFieldsFromOidc, boardRoutineOnLogin, and groupRoutineOnLogin) were registered as globally DDP-callable without the admin authorization checks present in their non-OIDC counterparts. An authenticated attacker could invoke these methods directly via the browser console or DDP clients. Specifically, if the PROPAGATE_OIDC_DATA environment variable was enabled, groupRoutineOnLogin could be abused to set the 'isAdmin' flag to true for the attacker's account. The fix, introduced in version 9.32, ensures these methods only execute when called server-to-server (where this.connection is null) and rejects direct client-side DDP invocations.

## Affected products

- Wekan Wekan < 9.32

## Timeline

- 2026-05-30: advisory: GHSA-cv95-8h7c-2ffq published
- 2026-05-31: patched: Version 9.32 released
- 2026-07-15: disclosed: CVE-2026-53444 published to NVD

## References

- [https://github.com/wekan/wekan/commit/305864f0c77456ad0f2c1e616266c8a06749c951](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/commit/305864f0c77456ad0f2c1e616266c8a06749c951)
- [https://github.com/wekan/wekan/releases/tag/v9.32](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/releases/tag/v9.32)
- [https://github.com/wekan/wekan/security/advisories/GHSA-cv95-8h7c-2ffq](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/security/advisories/GHSA-cv95-8h7c-2ffq)

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