---
id: "CVE-2026-112185"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-112185"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112185"]
title: "Eclipse Kura: low-privilege users can read admin password hashes and escalate"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.6
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "org.eclipse.kura.rest.configuration.provider", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "maven"}]
ecosystems: ["maven"]
tags: ["eclipse-kura", "iot-gateway", "rest-api", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: ["kura-5.6.3-or-later", "rest-configuration-unused", "rest-permission-restricted-to-admins"]
published_at: "2026-11-10T17:17:20+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T17:22:40+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T17:23:50+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112185", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T17:22:40+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Eclipse Kura: low-privilege users can read admin password hashes and escalate

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-112185 (this .md is for agents)

Eclipse Kura's Configuration REST API lets a user holding only the rest.configuration permission read every account's password hash, which are unsalted SHA-256 digests. That same user can change accounts and permissions and restore configuration snapshots, which lets them reach full administrator rights.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- maven:org.eclipse.kura.rest.configuration.provider affected range not listed fixed no fixed version listed

## How to check

- Check the installed Kura version; affected versions are `5.1.0` through `5.6.2`.
- Look for accounts or roles that hold the `rest.configuration` permission without `kura.admin`.

## Fix

- Eclipse Kura: move to `5.6.3`.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T17:22:40+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112185

## Documents

- [advisory] Vendor advisory: github.com https://github.com/eclipse-kura/kura/security/advisories/GHSA-gqr7-j252-qwqx

## From the sources

In Eclipse Kura versions 5.1.0 through 5.6.2, the Configuration REST API v2 (org.eclipse.kura.rest.configuration.provider) does not restrict access to the configuration of the UserAdmin persistence component to identities holding the kura.admin permission. An authenticated identity holding only the rest.configuration permission can read the password hashes of all identities, including administrators, which are stored as unsalted SHA-256 digests. The same identity can also modify identities and permission assignments, and restore previous configuration snapshots, which allows escalation to full administrative privileges. The issue is fixed in Eclipse Kura 5.6.3.

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