Red Hat Multi-Cloud Operators Subscription PrivEsc via Crafted Annotations
CVE-2026-66792 Published on August 17, 2026

Multicloud-operators-subscription: multicloud-operators-subscription: isclusteradmin() trusts user-settable annotations on managed clusters
A flaw was found in the multicloud-operators-subscription component. This vulnerability allows a user on a managed cluster to escalate their privileges by creating a Subscription with specific, crafted annotations. Successful exploitation grants the attacker the ability to deploy resources into any namespace with the elevated permissions of the controller's Service Account, potentially leading to unauthorized access and control over cluster resources.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-66792 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 21 days later.

Weakness Type

What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?

The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

CVE-2026-66792 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-66792

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Red Hat Multicluster Globalhub
 
Red Hat Acm
 
Red Hat Openshift
 
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation
 

Affected Versions

Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub: Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub: Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4: