A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion ALM (All versions < V2404.0). The Apache Lucene based query engine in the affected application lacks proper access controls. This could allow an authenticated user to query items beyond the users allowed projects.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: