CVE-2026-2270 (GCVE-0-2026-2270)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-26 22:30
Modified
2026-10-26 23:10
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Summary
A confused deputy attack exists in the StatefulSet controller that allows a user with namespace-scoped write permissions on StatefulSet and ControllerRevision objects to create a cross-namespace pod. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability would have full control over the resulting pod’s metadata and specification, including namespace selection. Note that the cross-namespace pod will be immediately deleted by the garbage collector unless the attacker is able to construct a valid StatefulSet OwnerReference. This would require referencing the UID of an existing StatefulSet in the victim’s namespace.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | Kubernetes |
Version: v1.34.0 < Version: v1.35.0 < Version: v1.36.0 < Version: v1.37.0 < |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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