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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-38510 · published 27 July 2023

CVE-2023-38510: Tolgee missing authorization vulnerability

Tolgee · Tolgee

Tolgee is an open-source localization platform. Starting in version 3.14.0 and prior to version 3.23.1, when a request is made using an API key, the backend fails to verify the permission scopes associated with the key, effectively bypassing permission checks entirely for some endpoints. It's important to note that this vulnerability only affects projects that have inadvertently exposed their API keys on the internet. Projects that have kept their API keys secure are not impacted. This issue is fixed in version 3.23.1.

8.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.61% · top 53.2% CWE-862 · Missing authorization
8.1CVSS 3.1 base score
0.61%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Tolgee is an open-source localization platform. Starting in version 3.14.0 and prior to version 3.23.1, when a request is made using an API key, the backend fails to verify the permission scopes associated with the key, effectively bypassing permission checks entirely for some endpoints. It's important to note that this vulnerability only affects projects that have inadvertently exposed their API keys on the internet. Projects that have kept their API keys secure are not impacted. This issue is fixed in version 3.23.1.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-platform/commit/4776cba67e7bb8c1b0259376e3e5fa3bb46e45c7 Patch
https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-platform/pull/1818 Patch
https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-platform/releases/tag/v3.23.1 Release Notes
https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f9j-4vh4-p85v Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-platform/commit/4776cba67e7bb8c1b0259376e3e5fa3bb46e45c7 Patch
https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-platform/pull/1818 Patch
https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-platform/releases/tag/v3.23.1 Release Notes
https://github.com/tolgee/tolgee-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f9j-4vh4-p85v Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-38510), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.