CVE-2026-66788
Description
A flaw was found in Lighthouse. A remote attacker, by compromising a spoke cluster, can exploit a vulnerability where the destination namespace for resource injection is derived from an attacker-controlled label or annotation on the broker object. This allows the attacker to inject unauthorized EndpointSlices and ServiceImports into any namespace on peer clusters, including critical system namespaces like kube-system and openshift-*. This could lead to privilege escalation or other forms of system compromise within the cluster.
Statement
Important: This flaw in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes allows a compromised spoke cluster to inject EndpointSlices and ServiceImports into arbitrary namespaces on peer clusters, including critical system namespaces. The lighthouse-agent service account uses an attacker-controlled label for the destination namespace without validation, enabling potential privilege escalation or service disruption across the cluster federation.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.7 | N/A | 3.7 |
| Attack Vector | Network | N/A | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High | N/A | High |
| Privileges Required | None | N/A | None |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None | N/A | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low | N/A | Low |
| Availability Impact | None | N/A | None |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Red Hat CVSS v3 Score Explanation
Reconciled from source finding FIND-002 (migration 2026-09-01)
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Other
Technical Impact: Reduce Maintainability; Varies by Context
Relying on unmaintained components makes it difficult or impossible to fix significant bugs and vulnerabilities, can render code obsolete, and undermine security by complicating maintenance and increasing the risk of new vulnerabilities.
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