Description
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.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 9.9 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this issue, restrict the ability of tenants to create `ClusterCurator` resources. Implement Kubernetes Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) policies to limit `create` permissions for `clustercurators.cluster.open-cluster-management.io` resources to only trusted administrators or service accounts. Alternatively, deploy an admission controller to enforce that `metadata.name` and `metadata.namespace` fields are identical when `ClusterCurator` resources are created, preventing the vulnerable condition.

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History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat multicluster Engine For Kubernetes
Vendors & Products Redhat multicluster Engine For Kubernetes

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Cluster-curator-controller: cluster-curator-controller: tenant-controllable trigger creates clusterrolebinding granting cluster-wide secrets access to namespace-local sa
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat multicluster Engine
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat multicluster Engine
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Redhat Multicluster Engine Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T20:55:28.504Z

Reserved: 2026-08-11T17:22:38.645Z

Link: CVE-2026-73269

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T20:47:07.044Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T20:17:53.793

Modified: 2026-08-12T21:17:40.420

Link: CVE-2026-73269

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T21:30:07Z

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