CVE-2016-6211: Drupal Saving user accounts can sometimes grant the user all roles

high Affects drupal/core, drupal/drupal. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

Drupal Saving user accounts can sometimes grant the user all roles

Package
drupal/core Composer
Affected versions
>=7.0 and <7.44 or >=8.0 and <8.1.0 or >=8.1.0 and <8.1.3
Fixed in
7.44, 8.1.3
Severity
high  CVSS 8.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (86.6th percentile)
Published
2022-05-17
Source
osv.dev

References

Drupal Saving user accounts can sometimes grant the user all roles

Package
drupal/drupal Composer
Affected versions
>=7.0 and <7.44 or >=8.0 and <8.1.0 or >=8.1.0 and <8.1.3
Fixed in
7.44, 8.1.3
Severity
high  CVSS 8.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (86.6th percentile)
Published
2022-05-17
Source
osv.dev

References

CWE-269
NVD recorddrupal/core advisoriesdrupal/drupal advisories

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