CVE-2025-64421 HIGH

CVE-2025-64421: Coolify has a privilege escalation - low privileged user can invite themselves as an admin user

Vendor Coollabsio
Product coolify
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published January 5, 2026
Last update January 5, 2026

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable tool for managing servers, applications, and databases. In Coolify versions up to and including v4.0.0-beta.434, a low privileged user (member) can invite a high privileged user. At first, the application will throw an error, but if the attacker clicks the invite button a second time, it actually works. This way, a low privileged user can invite themselves as an administrator to the Coolify instance. After the high privileged user is invited, the attacker can initiate a password reset and log in with the new admin. As of time of publication, it is unclear if a patch is available.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 5, 2026 CVE published
January 5, 2026 Record updated