CVE-2026-75481

high

Description

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 bearer token to gain administrative control over all users and workspaces.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/skypilot-authentication-bypass-via-service-account-role-escalation

https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/issues/9846

https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/commit/8a3e00259cd374e662cd876c037164bcb070f78e

https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/blob/master/sky/users/server.py

https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-17

Updated: 2026-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High