SkyPilot Authentication Bypass via Service Account Role Escalation
Priority HIGH 73CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
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 bearer token to gain administrative control over all users and workspaces.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0036 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| skypilot-org | skypilot | up to 0.13.1rc1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- skypilot Vendorskypilot-org Affected up to 0.13.1rc1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-75481
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9fgc-w437-4h52
References
More skypilot-org vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-11408 skypilot-org skypilot User ID server.py username.encode weak hash CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-75481 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-75481 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9fgc-w437-4h52 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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