CVE-2026-73269CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-73269

Critical · published August 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in the cluster-curator-controller component. A local user, by creating a ClusterCurator resource with a specific naming convention, can trigger the creation of a cluster-scoped ClusterRoleBinding. This allows the user to escalate their privileges from namespace-local access to cluster-wide control. This privilege escalation grants broad permissions, including the ability to access and manipulate secrets, manage cluster actions, and delete hosted clusters or node pools.

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
0.00561 · 45.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-08-13T00:17Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 AUG 19:05Z
    Cluster-curator-controller: cluster-curator-controller: tenant-controllable trigger creates clusterrolebinding granting cluster-wide secrets access to namespace-local sa
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