CVE-2026-73268
A tenant with create or update permissions on ClusterCurator resources can inject an arbitrary Job specification.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in the cluster-curator-controller component of multicluster engine (MCE). A tenant with create or update permissions on ClusterCurator resources can inject an arbitrary Job specification. This is possible because the CreateJob() function does not validate user-controlled input when unmarshaling the spec.install.overrideJob raw extension. Successful exploitation allows the injected Job to run with the controller's elevated privileges, leading to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation, potentially accessing cluster-wide secrets.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59556
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59557
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59558
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59559
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59579
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59593
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73268
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514219
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.