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

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-06-30 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- openziti ziti: through 2.0.0

## 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.

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## References

- https://github.com/openziti/ziti/issues/4010
- https://github.com/openziti/ziti/pull/4013
- https://github.com/openziti/ziti/commit/3027fdffd3e57884487b7c46e5e669cfbc8becdf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openziti-privilege-escalation-to-admin-via-unauthorized-enrollment-creation

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