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PHP security digest · 21 Oct 2026

This module enables users to upload files and create media items in bulk. The module doesn't sufficiently check user permission to create specific media types...

Unrated CVE-2026-114544

Package
drupal/media_bulk_upload
Fixed in
3.0.6
Published
Wed 21 Oct 2026, 18:56 LisbonUpdated Mon 26 Oct 2026, 07:26 Lisbon

In plain words

A user can create media items of a type they do not have permission to create if the bulk upload form is configured for that type. The attacker must have a role with the bulk upload form permission.

Am I affected?

Look for drupal/media_bulk_upload and its version in composer.lock. Version 3.0.6 is fixed; the advisory does not give an affected version range. Check which media types the bulk upload form is configured for, and whether roles with bulk upload form permission lack permission to create those types.

What to do

Check which version you have, then update to a fixed release for your branch (3.0.6):

composer show drupal/media_bulk_upload | grep versions
composer update drupal/media_bulk_upload

If your version constraint in composer.json keeps you below a fixed release, raise it first. Whether your configuration is affected, and the exact version ranges, are in the advisory itself.

If you cannot update yet

The advisory identifies the requirement for a role with the bulk upload form permission as a mitigating factor.

The advisory's description

This module enables users to upload files and create media items in bulk.

The module doesn't sufficiently check user permission to create specific media types if the bulk upload form is configured for that media type.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "bulk upload form".

The advisory

From OSV.dev, which gathers the GitHub Advisory Database, FriendsOfPHP and Drupal security advisories; the summary is theirs. The description is OSV's record of the advisory. "In plain words", "Am I affected?" and "If you cannot update yet" are based on that advisory, and checked to name no version it does not.