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Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-66793Governance-policy-addon-controller: governance-policy-addon-controller: arbitrary container image override via managedclusteraddon annotation enables rce on spoke

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 see references

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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