CVE-2026-73268CWE-94code-injection

CVE-2026-73268

Critical · published August 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
58.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.9 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00875 · 58.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-08-13T00:17Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 AUG 19:05Z
    Cluster-curator-controller: cluster-curator-controller: spec.install.overridejob allows arbitrary job spec injection
    cvelistv5