{"id":"CVE-2026-75481","title":"SkyPilot fails to validate that authenticated users are entitled to grant administrator roles when updating service account permissions","summary":"SkyPilot fails to validate that authenticated users are entitled to grant administrator roles when updating service account permissions. Attackers can create a service account, escalate it to administrator role, and authenticate with its…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-269"],"vendor":"skypilot-org","product":"skypilot","affected":["skypilot <= 0.13.1rc1"],"published":"2026-08-17","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T20:06:30.133","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75481","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/blob/master/sky/users/server.py","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/commit/8a3e00259cd374e662cd876c037164bcb070f78e","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/issues/9846","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/skypilot-authentication-bypass-via-service-account-role-escalation","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/issues/9846","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.0036,"epssPercentile":0.29573,"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-08-18T15:35:28.331084Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T15:45:56.701Z","slug":"CVE-2026-75481","body":"## Overview\n\nSkyPilot fails to validate that authenticated users are entitled to grant administrator roles when updating service account permissions. Attackers can create a service account, escalate it to administrator role, and authenticate with its bearer token to gain administrative control over all users and workspaces.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":60,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}