CVE-2026-56115
Bootimus through 0.1.70 contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged users to perform administrative actions by exploiting missing role enforcement in the JWTMiddleware function in internal/auth/auth.go, which validates JWT tokens and account status but fails to inspect the is_admin flag. Attackers can send requests to any endpoint under the /api/users path to create new administrator accounts or reset administrator passwords, thereby gaining full control of the server and the ability to modify boot menus and installation scripts served to PXE clients.
Published:Jun 23, 2026
Last Modified:Jul 28, 2026
EPS:Jun 23, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00343
CVSS Score:8.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Bootimus
Product
Bootimus
Bootimus
Bootimus
Vendor
Networkconfiguration
Product
Dhcpcd
Networkconfiguration
Dhcpcd
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
