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CVE-2026-61850
Published:October 30, 2026
Updated:November 03, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/akuity/kargo.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.6.0-rc.1 <v1.8.14
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.8.14
https://github.com/akuity/kargo.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.9.0-rc.1 <v1.9.9
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.9.9
https://github.com/akuity/kargo.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.10.0-rc.1 <v1.10.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.10.8
github.com/akuity/kargo (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.9.0-rc.1 <v1.9.9
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.9.9
github.com/akuity/kargo (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.10.0-rc.1 <v1.10.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.10.8
github.com/akuity/kargo (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.6.0-rc.1 <v1.8.14
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.8.14
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Privilege Management
EPSS
Base Score:
0.36