VulnerabilityReceived
CVE-2026-75481
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.
HIGH 8.7EPSS 0.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot
- https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/blob/master/sky/users/server.py
- https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/commit/8a3e00259cd374e662cd876c037164bcb070f78e
- https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/issues/9846
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/skypilot-authentication-bypass-via-service-account-role-escalation
- https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/issues/9846
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.