Privilege Escalation in OpenZiti by OpenZiti
CVE-2026-58165

8.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Openziti

Status
Ziti
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 June 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-58165?

OpenZiti through version 2.0.0 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation flaw that allows authenticated non-admin users to create enrollments for any identity, including administrative accounts. This is due to insufficient authorization checks in the ApplyCreate function of enrollment_manager.go, which only verifies the existence of a target identity. Attackers can exploit this oversight, retrieving a one-time token via the unauthenticated client API enrollment endpoint, which then allows them to authenticate as the targeted admin identity. This grants them extensive control over the controller and the zero-trust network it oversees.

Affected Version(s)

ziti 0 <= 2.0.0

ziti 3027fdffd3e57884487b7c46e5e669cfbc8becdf

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2026-58165 - Proof of Concept

References

https://github.com/openziti/ziti/issues/4010
technical-descriptionexploit
https://github.com/openziti/ziti/pull/4013
issue-tracking
https://github.com/openziti/ziti/commit/3027fdffd3e578844...
patch

CVSS V4

Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

George Chen
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