CVE-2026-66793
Governance-policy-addon-controller: governance-policy-addon-controller: arbitrary container image override via managedclusteraddon annotation enables rce on spoke
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 27, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the governance-policy-addon-controller component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. A user with permissions to annotate the namespaced ManagedClusterAddOn resource can override the governance-policy container image. This allows an attacker to run a controlled image with cluster-admin privileges on the managed cluster, leading to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11Red Hat |
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13Red Hat |
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14Red Hat |
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15Red Hat |
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16Red Hat |
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17Red Hat |
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References
- RHSA-2026:60386vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60387vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60388vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60389vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60390vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60391vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66793vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2507538issue-tracking
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