# CVE-2026-91167: Warpgate: Missing authorization check on \`PUT /users/:id/roles/:role\_id\` allows any admin to bypass the \`AccessRolesAssign\` permission boundary

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.28.4
- Published: 2026-09-21 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- warp-tech warpgate: fixed in 0.28.4

## Description

Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux. Prior to 0.28.4, PUT /@warpgate/admin/api/users/:id/roles/:role_id reaches api_update_user_role in warpgate-admin/src/api/users.rs through AdminContext but does not require AdminPermission::AccessRolesAssign. A limited administrator with any permission can update expires_at on an existing UserRoleAssignment and clear revoked_at, extending an expiring grant or reinstating a revoked grant. The endpoint cannot create a role assignment that never existed because it returns not found without a matching user and role pair. This issue is fixed in version 0.28.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on warp-tech warpgate, upgrade to a fixed version (0.28.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/security/advisories/GHSA-fjgc-484v-j6mf
- https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/commit/c020900a9d85989e4280bd03184976bc33e2e61d
- https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/releases/tag/v0.28.4

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