openziti up to 2.0.0 enrollment_manager.go ApplyCreate authorization

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in openziti ziti up to 2.0.0. Affected is the function ApplyCreate of the file controller/model/enrollment_manager.go. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-58165. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in openziti ziti up to 2.0.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function ApplyCreate of the file controller/model/enrollment_manager.go. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published by George Chen as 4010. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-58165 since 06/29/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3027fdffd3e57884487b7c46e5e669cfbc8becdf is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• openziti

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• ziti

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• 2.0

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/openziti/ziti/

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