# CVE-2026-58165: OpenZiti - Privilege Escalation to Admin via Unauthorized Enrollment Creation

> Authenticated non-admin users can create admin enrollments to gain full administrative control of the OpenZiti controller.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c883-vc4m-3vc9

## What is CVE-2026-58165?

CVE-2026-58165 is a high-severity vulnerability in openziti ziti, published on 30 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-58165?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-58165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-58165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-58165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-58165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-58165 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-58165 is a high-severity vulnerability in openziti ziti, published on 30 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-58165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: openziti ziti. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58165/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58165/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58165
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58165
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58165

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58165/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.