CriticalCVE-2026-66792

    Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9: Incorrect Authorization (CVE-2026-66792)

    Published Last modified Sources: Red Hat, CVE.org

    What is affected, what to do

    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.

    Update Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 to version 1788355439, Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 to version 1788355599, Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 to version 1788355417.

    Affected
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 lt *..1788355439
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 lt *..1788355599
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 lt *..1788355417
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 lt *..1789515408
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 lt *..1789515288
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 lt *..1789478830
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 lt *..1790085494
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 lt *..1790086176
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 lt *..1790085268
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 lt *..1787262214
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 lt *..1787263584
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 lt *..1787259284
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 lt *..1787263693
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 lt *..1786976940
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 lt *..1787170830
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 lt *..1787238598
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 lt *..1787240030
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 lt *..1787242135
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 lt *..1787242321
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 lt *..1787242131
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 lt *..1787242108
    Fixed in
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 1788355439
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 1788355599
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 1788355417
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 1789515408
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 1789515288
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 1789478830
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 1790085494
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 1790086176
    • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 1790085268
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 1787262214
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 1787263584
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 1787259284
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 1787263693
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 1786976940
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 1787170830
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 1787238598
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 1787240030
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 1787242135
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 1787242321
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 1787242131
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 1787242108

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    Metrics

    9.9

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    9.9

    CVSS v3

    Severity Critical on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: Red Hat, CVE.org

    0.7 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 52.6

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    Severity
    Critical
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    95.28 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    9.9 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    9.9
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.7 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    52.6
    High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    —
    Published
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-863

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    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.

    Source: redhat_csaf, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST)

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    Red HatMulticluster Global Hub 1.4.9
    • < 1788355417
    • < 1788355439
    • < 1788355599
    • 1788355417
    • 1788355439
    • 1788355599
    Red HatMulticluster Global Hub 1.5.8
    • < 1789478830
    • < 1789515408
    • < 1789515288
    • 1789478830
    • 1789515408
    • 1789515288
    Red HatMulticluster Global Hub 1.6.6
    • < 1790085268
    • < 1790086176
    • < 1790085494
    • 1790085268
    • 1790086176
    • 1790085494
    Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
    • —
    • —
    Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11
    • < 1787262214
    • < 1787263584
    • 1787262214
    • 1787263584
    Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
    • < 1787259284
    • < 1787263693
    • 1787259284
    • 1787263693
    Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
    • < 1786976940
    • < 1787170830
    • 1786976940
    • 1787170830
    Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15
    • < 1787238598
    • < 1787240030
    • 1787238598
    • 1787240030
    Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16
    • < 1787242135
    • < 1787242321
    • 1787242135
    • 1787242321
    Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17
    • < 1787242108
    • < 1787242131
    • 1787242108
    • 1787242131
    Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
    • —
    • —
    Red HatRed Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
    • —
    • —

    Vendors and products

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

      Class

      The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-863

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/66xxx/CVE-2026-66792.json">CVE-2026-66792</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73419

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    2. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/66xxx/CVE-2026-66792.json">CVE-2026-66792</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71597

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    3. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/66xxx/CVE-2026-66792.json">CVE-2026-66792</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67516

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    4. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/66xxx/CVE-2026-66792.json">CVE-2026-66792</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390
      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66792
      Referenceadded
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      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507537
      Referenceremoved
      https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66792
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      Referenceremoved
      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507537
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      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    5. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Affected versions (publisher)changed
      Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub (+19)
      Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub (+19)

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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    1. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      TypeActionBeforeAfter
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      Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub (+19)
      Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub (+19)

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    2. ReceivedRed Hat

      CVSS V3.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

      Weakness type: CWE-863

      Description added or changed

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      TypeActionBeforeAfter
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      Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub, Multicluster Global Hub (+19)
      Descriptionadded
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      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.
      CVSSadded
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      AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
      Weakness type (CWE)added
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      CWE-863
      Referenceadded
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      https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66792
      Referenceadded
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      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507537

      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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