CVE-2026-66795Managedcluster-import-controller: csr auto-approver does not validate certificate subject or signername (spoke→hub cluster-admin)
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A flaw was found in the managedcluster-import-controller. The Certificate Signing Request (CSR) auto-approval logic improperly validates incoming CSRs, specifically by not inspecting the signer name or decoding the PEM-encoded x509 CSR. This vulnerability allows a privileged service account on a spoke cluster to submit a malicious CSR. Successful exploitation can lead to privilege escalation, enabling the attacker to obtain administrative credentials on the hub cluster.
- CVSS
- 9.9 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-295
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.10 redhat:multicluster_engine | from 1787078272 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59556vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59557vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59558vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59559vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59579vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59593vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66795vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507540issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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