SuiteCRM V8 JSON:API processAttributes() Missing ID Filter Allows ACL Bypass and Record Ownership Hijack

Summary

SuiteCRM is an open-source, enterprise-ready Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software application. Prior to 7.15.2 and 8.10.2, the V8 JSON:API update path fails to remove the id attribute before assigning user-supplied attributes to a SugarBean. The affected flow begins at updateRecord() and uses processAttributes(), id, and ACL_ALLOW_OWNER to carry attacker-controlled data or authorization state into the security-sensitive operation. An authenticated user can substitute a victim record identifier, bypass owner-only authorization, overwrite another record, and hijack record ownership. 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-8rjm-vpj3-hch8