CVE-2026-45086

Description A participant can load the demographics questionnaire admin editor and make changes. Technical description The demographics questionnaire editor should require admin access, but the route under /admin/demographics/questions renders the editor interface without checking whether the caller is an admin. A normal participant can load the page and see the live update form action, which proves the protected interface is reachable. Reproduction steps: Step 1. Sign in as a normal participant: Open http://localhost:3000/users/sign_in. Step 2. Request the admin-only editor directly. Open http://localhost:3000/admin/demographics/questions/edit_questions in the same browser. Step 3. Add another question: <img width="1522" height="1174" alt="decidim-questions-01" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/923f85d4-0e2f-4511-a9f3-a92f74dbf1d8" /> Note that access was denied when attempting to see question responses or settings. Impact - Low-privilege users can access questionnaire-admin interfaces. - They can read question-management surfaces that should remain limited to questionnaire managers. Patches See https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16665 Workarounds Disable the "decidim-demographics" module Reference OWASP A01:2021 Broken Access Control Credits This issue was discovered in a security audit organized by the Decidim Association and made by Radically Open Security against Decidim financed by NGI.

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