CVE-2026-73269 (GCVE-0-2026-73269)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-12 19:05
Modified
2026-08-26 04:19
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
A flaw was found in the cluster-curator-controller component. A local user, by creating a ClusterCurator resource with a specific naming convention, can trigger the creation of a cluster-scoped ClusterRoleBinding. This allows the user to escalate their privileges from namespace-local access to cluster-wide control. This privilege escalation grants broad permissions, including the ability to access and manipulate secrets, manage cluster actions, and delete hosted clusters or node pools.
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Impacted products
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| Red Hat | multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.10 |
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