The field "api_key" has special security rules when accessed via the API. These rules could potentially be bypassed and lead to privilege escalation.
- CiviCRM versions between 4.7.0 and 5.19.1
- CiviCRM 5.19.2 and 5.13.7
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Coleman Watts of CiviCRM for reporting.
Coleman Watts of CiviCRM, Tim Otten of CiviCRM, and Seamus Lee of Australian Greens for fixing the issue
security/core#62