Rundeck up to 6.2.1 Project Archive Import Endpoint importConfig/importNodesSources improper authorization

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Rundeck up to 6.2.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Project Archive Import Endpoint. Such manipulation of the argument importConfig/importNodesSources leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-92763. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Rundeck up to 6.2.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Project Archive Import Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument importConfig/importNodesSources with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Rundeck through 6.2.1 fails to properly authorize the importConfig and importNodesSources parameters in the project archive import endpoint. Attackers with only the import action can replace project configuration files including security-relevant settings like node executors and SSH key paths that affect job execution.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-92763 since 09/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/16/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Rundeck

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• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1

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• Product: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck/

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