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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-61850",
        "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
        "dateReserved": "2026-07-10T20:28:17.513Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-30T19:33:01.720Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T19:33:01.720Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "title": "Kargo: Privilege escalation via Project RBAC management in the Kargo API",
            "problemTypes": [
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "cweId": "CWE-269",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "metrics": [
                {
                    "cvssV4_0": {
                        "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                        "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                        "attackRequirements": "NONE",
                        "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
                        "userInteraction": "NONE",
                        "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "vulnIntegrityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "subConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "subIntegrityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "subAvailabilityImpact": "LOW",
                        "baseScore": 9.3,
                        "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L",
                        "version": "4.0"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/security/advisories/GHSA-wp4p-hr79-q4g8",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/security/advisories/GHSA-wp4p-hr79-q4g8"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/19639678811b486bddb014dabb25397771f3941e",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/19639678811b486bddb014dabb25397771f3941e"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/50d29c10153965114f903645c83eadbe7bf58d3f",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/50d29c10153965114f903645c83eadbe7bf58d3f"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/5ab7c4216a4151f55ea8ef9ff3b9f884dd322578",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/5ab7c4216a4151f55ea8ef9ff3b9f884dd322578"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/72fadd3600b35e6dce67042eb686720a48b45fa3",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/72fadd3600b35e6dce67042eb686720a48b45fa3"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.10.8",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.10.8"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.11.0-rc.1",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.11.0-rc.1"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.8.14",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.8.14"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.9.9",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.9.9"
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "vendor": "akuity",
                    "product": "kargo",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": ">= 0.6.0, < 1.8.14",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": ">= 1.9.0-rc.1, < 1.9.9",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": ">= 1.10.0-rc.1, < 1.10.8",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
                "shortName": "GitHub_M",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T19:33:01.720Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Kargo manages and automates the promotion of software artifacts. From 0.6.0 until 1.8.14, 1.9.9, and 1.10.8, two authorization flaws in the `project-scoped RBAC API` let an authenticated user with delegated permission to manage a Project's `Roles` or `ServiceAccounts` confer permissions exceeding the user's own. A user authorized to edit `Roles` can create, replace, or add rules granting permissions not held by the user; a user authorized to edit a Role's ServiceAccount can bind an identity, including the user's own, to a more powerful Role. A Kargo Role comprises a `ServiceAccount, Role, and RoleBinding` in the Project namespace. Changes are written using the API server's broadly privileged credentials after only a coarse resource-kind edit check, rather than checking each permission being conferred. This permits escalation to Project-administrator access, disclosure of `Project Secrets` and credentials, and modification or deletion of Project resources. Stolen Git, container-registry, or Helm-registry credentials can extend confidentiality and integrity impacts to those external systems. Escalation remains limited to Projects where the attacker already has RBAC-management delegation and does not itself grant cluster-wide or cross-Project access. Default non-administrator roles do not permit these operations; exploitation requires an `administrator-created custom role` granting the relevant permissions and control of an account assigned that role. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.14, 1.9.9, and 1.10.8."
                }
            ],
            "source": {
                "advisory": "GHSA-wp4p-hr79-q4g8",
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
            }
        }
    }
}