CVE-2026-75481

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
56(Track*)
EG Risk 56/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 18, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

SkyPilot Authentication Bypass via Service Account Role Escalation | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/skypilot-authentication-bypass-via-service-account-role-escalation
generic

skypilot/sky/users/server.py at master · skypilot-org/skypilot · GitHub

https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/blob/master/sky/users/server.py
github_commit

commit 8a3e00259cd3 (skypilot-org/skypilot)

Fix landed in skypilot-org/skypilot commit 8a3e00259cd3 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/commit/8a3e00259cd374e662cd876c037164bcb070f78e
generic

GitHub - skypilot-org/skypilot: The AI Compute Platform for frontier teams. SkyPilot turns fragmented AI compute into one AI supercomputer, so frontier AI teams build custom intelligence faster. · GitHub

https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot
generic

Privilege escalation to admin via service-account role update (missing admin check on update-role) · Issue #9846 · skypilot-org/skypilot · GitHub

https://github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/issues/9846

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-75481(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 01:55 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 01:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 15:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 04:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 16:45 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 15:45 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-18 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-18 11:30 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-18 11:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-18 08:57 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-18 08:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 21:30 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-17 20:45 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-17 20:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-75481?
CVE-2026-75481 is a high vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-75481 disclosed?
CVE-2026-75481 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 2026, with the most recent update on August 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-75481 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-75481 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 79.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-75481?
CVE-2026-75481 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-75481?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-75481, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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