CVE-2026-56115
Privilege escalation via JWT auth bypass allows admin creation.
Is CVE-2026-56115 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-56115 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-56115?
CVE-2026-56115 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-56115?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-56115. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What should I do about CVE-2026-56115?
Enforce is_admin checks; restrict /api/users; rotate credentials; monitor admin actions.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated low-priv users can create admin accounts or reset admin passwords via /api/users, gaining full control of the server and PXE boot script changes.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 0.1.70
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.