SuiteCRM: V8 API Relationship Delete Bypasses Object-Level Authorization on the Related Record

Summary

SuiteCRM is an open-source, enterprise-ready Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software application. Prior to 7.15.2 and 8.10.2, V8 API relationship write paths do not consistently enforce object-level edit and view authorization on both related records. In the verified Account-to-Contact case, an authenticated user can create a relationship while unable to edit the Account and can delete relationship links to a hidden Contact that cannot be viewed directly. This issue is fixed in versions 7.15.2 and 8.10.2.

Remediation

1. Inventory every SuiteCRM SuiteCRM deployment, including staging.
2. No fixed version appears in the public sources yet. Check the references below and the vendor directly.

References

• Referencehttps://github.com/SuiteCRM/SuiteCRM-Core/commit/a11f50180d939f639cc468b5d536e8ad714dfb68
• Referencehttps://github.com/SuiteCRM/SuiteCRM-Core/releases/tag/v8.10.2
• Referencehttps://github.com/SuiteCRM/SuiteCRM/commit/d6bca97a0159ec019a969b86eca32affab3beb7c
• Referencehttps://github.com/SuiteCRM/SuiteCRM/releases/tag/v7.15.2
• Referencehttps://github.com/SuiteCRM/SuiteCRM/security/advisories/GHSA-6jf7-hh5p-8fcm