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    "id": "CVE-2026-1728",
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    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-08-06T07:33:25.717Z",
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      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover",
      "summary": "Tokens issued to a low-privileged user are not sufficiently restricted, allowing them to be used to access product-level Admin REST APIs.\n\nExploitation of this vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to invoke the Admin REST APIs of WSO2 products, potentially leading to full administrative account takeover. This requires the attacker to already possess a low-privileged user account and be able to obtain a valid token for it.",
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