CVE-2026-75481: Improper Privilege Management in skypilot-org skypilot
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.
CVE-2026-75481: Improper Privilege Management in skypilot-org skypilot
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 v4.0
Score 8.7high
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-17T19:59:23.460Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a83721bbf8831d539891cdd
Added to database: 08/17/2026, 20:42:03 UTC
Last updated: 08/17/2026, 20:42:03 UTC
Views: 1
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