CVE-2026-73266 (GCVE-0-2026-73266)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-13 16:36
Modified
2026-08-26 04:19
CWE
  • CWE-441 - Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')
Summary
A flaw was found in the clusterclaims-controller component of Multicluster Engine (MCE). An authenticated tenant can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating ClusterClaim labels. This allows the tenant to force a cluster to join a ManagedClusterSet belonging to another tenant. Such unauthorized access could enable the injection of policies and workloads into other tenants' clusters.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59556 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59557 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59558 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59559 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59579 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59593 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73266 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514217 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.10 Unaffected: 1787196014   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:2.10::el9
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   Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.11 Unaffected: 1787239442   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:2.11::el9
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   Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.17 Unaffected: 1786577950   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:2.17::el9
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   Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 Unaffected: 1787259112   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:2.6::el9
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   Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8 Unaffected: 1787259059   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:2.8::el9
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   Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9 Unaffected: 1787195995   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:2.9::el9
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