Description
Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.2, PUT /api/1/roles/ in lemur/roles/views.py:298 authorized updates with RoleMemberPermission(role_id), which allowed either an administrator or any existing member of the target role. The handler passed data["users"] and data["name"] to service.update, allowing a non-admin member to add or remove other users and rename the role. This enabled lateral privilege grants within roles that control certificate and authority access and could deny access by removing legitimate members. The DELETE handler already required admin_permission, confirming that the weaker PUT authorization was inconsistent. The fix applies the same administrator-only requirement to the PUT handler. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.2.
Published: 2026-08-18
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x3vf-mgxj-7785 Lemur Privilege Escalation: Non-admin role members can rewrite role membership via PUT /api/1/roles/<id>
History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.2, PUT /api/1/roles/ in lemur/roles/views.py:298 authorized updates with RoleMemberPermission(role_id), which allowed either an administrator or any existing member of the target role. The handler passed data["users"] and data["name"] to service.update, allowing a non-admin member to add or remove other users and rename the role. This enabled lateral privilege grants within roles that control certificate and authority access and could deny access by removing legitimate members. The DELETE handler already required admin_permission, confirming that the weaker PUT authorization was inconsistent. The fix applies the same administrator-only requirement to the PUT handler. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.2.
Title Lemur: Privilege escalation via PUT /api/1/roles/<id> — non-admin role members can rewrite role membership
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T18:50:58.130Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T15:13:28.165Z

Link: CVE-2026-55163

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-18T19:16:58.357

Modified: 2026-08-18T19:16:58.357

Link: CVE-2026-55163

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