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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-58165 EUVD-2026-40371GHSA-c883-vc4m-3vc9

OpenZiti - Privilege Escalation to Admin via Unauthorized Enrollment Creation

Published Jun 30, 2026 · Updated Nov 8, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

OpenZiti through 2.0.0, fixed in commit 3027fdf, contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated non-admin identities with fine-grained enrollment management permissions to create enrollments for any identity, including the default administrator, because the ApplyCreate function in controller/model/enrollment_manager.go verifies only that the target identity exists without performing authorization checks binding the caller to the target identity. Attackers can redeem the resulting one-time token through the unauthenticated client API enrollment endpoint to obtain a client certificate authenticating as the targeted admin identity, yielding full administrative control of the controller and the zero-trust overlay it manages.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openziti ziti ≤ 2.0.0 —

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