High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 23, 2026· Updated Jul 14, 2026
CVE-2026-56115
CVE-2026-56115
Description
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.
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Affected products
3- Range: <=10.3.2
- Range: <=0.1.70
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/garybowers/bootimus/issues/84nvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bootimus-broken-access-control-via-jwtmiddleware-authorization-bypassnvdThird Party Advisory
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