CVE-2026-126803 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.2) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
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.…
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.
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Remediation status
The records we use list no fixed release for CVE-2026-126803. Check the upstream advisory for a patched version, and apply the exposure-reduction steps below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
Close the privilege gap rather than the entry point: audit which accounts, roles and service identities can reach the affected operation, drop the component to the least privilege it actually needs, and review file and directory permissions created by earlier installs — a default left in place is what makes this reachable.
Frequently Asked Questions
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