{"affected":[{"product":"kargo","source":"CNA: GitHub_M","vendor":"akuity","versions":[{"status":"affected","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"}]}],"cveId":"CVE-2026-61850","cwes":["CWE-269"],"description":"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.","epss":{"date":"2026-11-04","percentile":0.29851,"score":0.00359},"exploits":[],"kev":null,"metrics":[{"score":9.3,"severity":"critical","source":"CNA: GitHub_M","vector":"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"}],"modifiedAt":1793846058769,"publishedAt":1793388781720,"references":[{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/security/advisories/GHSA-wp4p-hr79-q4g8"},{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/19639678811b486bddb014dabb25397771f3941e"},{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/50d29c10153965114f903645c83eadbe7bf58d3f"},{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/5ab7c4216a4151f55ea8ef9ff3b9f884dd322578"},{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/commit/72fadd3600b35e6dce67042eb686720a48b45fa3"},{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.10.8"},{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.11.0-rc.1"},{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.8.14"},{"source":"CNA: GitHub_M","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/akuity/kargo/releases/tag/v1.9.9"}],"remediation":[],"revision":"f541c364329dff2da21b3b74ad2c4001580b9b30ff563c7780e4ba2d96d08e78","sources":[{"modifiedAt":1793846058769,"name":"CNA: GitHub_M","retrievedAt":1793848258379,"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61850"},{"modifiedAt":null,"name":"FIRST EPSS","retrievedAt":1793848263653,"url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-61850"}],"ssvc":{"assessedAt":1793846049151,"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","source":"ADP: CISA-ADP","technicalImpact":"total"},"status":"published","title":"Kargo: Privilege escalation via Project RBAC management in the Kargo API","updatedAt":1793848263653}