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CVE-2026-75481

Status: DeferredHigh (8.7)—

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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Acceso de red con PR:L (privilegios autenticados) sin interacción. Escalada de privilegios al rol admin y control de cuentas mediante token portador.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Threat Intelligence ProgramPrivileged Account ManagementApplication Isolation and SandboxingExploit ProtectionUpdate SoftwareApplication Developer Guidance

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Skypilot — SkypilotAI

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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