Hub cluster-admin escalation via unvalidated CSRs
Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026
Privilege escalation in Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes allows remote authenticated users to gain hub cluster-admin credentials. The managedcluster-import-controller auto-approver neither checks signerName nor decodes and inspects the PEM-encoded X.509 CSR subject before approval. A compromised spoke bootstrap service account is required, and approval yields administrative credentials on the hub cluster.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes allows remote authenticated users to gain hub cluster-admin credentials. The managedcluster-import-controller auto-approver neither checks signerName nor decodes and inspects the PEM-encoded X.509 CSR subject before approval. A compromised spoke bootstrap service account is required, and approval yields administrative credentials on the hub cluster.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-66795
- Published
- Aug 17, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes
- Classifications
- CWE-295, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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