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SkyPilot Authentication Bypass via Service Account Role Escalation

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-75481

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-75481

skypilot

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "repo": "https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot",
    "vendor": "skypilot-org",
    "product": "skypilot",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "0.13.1rc1"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:pypi/skypilot",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-75481

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#977 · Revision 1
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