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.
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Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:15:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Rote through 2.6.0 Privilege Escalation via Admin Settings API JWT Secret Exposure | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-11-11T20:53:06.708Z
Reserved: 2026-11-11T20:01:49.010Z
Link: CVE-2026-126803
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-11T21:16:44.007
Modified: 2026-11-11T21:16:44.007
Link: CVE-2026-126803
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