{"id":"CVE-2026-75481","title":"SkyPilot Authentication Bypass via Service Account Role Escalation","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","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-269"],"vendor":"skypilot-org","product":"skypilot","affected":["skypilot <= 0.13.1rc1"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-08-18T15:35:28.331084Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"published":"2026-08-17","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T14:19:26.813Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75481","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/issues/9846","label":"GitHub Issue #9846"},{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot"},{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/commit/8a3e00259cd374e662cd876c037164bcb070f78e","label":"[API] Validate the role a service account may be granted (#10482)"},{"url":"https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/blob/master/sky/users/server.py","label":"update_service_account_role in sky/users/server.py"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/skypilot-authentication-bypass-via-service-account-role-escalation","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: SkyPilot Authentication Bypass via Service Account Role Escalation"}],"tags":["cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00283,"epssPercentile":0.21114,"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## Affected\n\n- `skypilot <= 0.13.1rc1`\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":[]}