CVE-2026-126803
highRote through 2.6.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated admins to obtain super_admin rights by reading or overwriting JWT si…
Rote through 2.6.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated admins to obtain super_admin rights by reading or overwriting JWT signing secrets via /v2/api/admin/settings. Attackers can retrieve the unmasked jwtSecret from the security settings group and forge HS256 tokens for the super administrator to change user roles and escalate their own account.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/Rabithua/Rote/blob/v2.6.0/server/route/v2/admin.ts#L86-L146 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/Rabithua/Rote/commit/865d69fceb9c1f1a0d30923fae7cef072a38b22b disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/Rabithua/Rote/pull/420 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://vul.yulun.ac.cn/20261104/rote/ disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rote-through-2.6.0-privilege-escalation-via-admin-set... disclosure@vulncheck.com