A flaw was found in the Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes ClusterCurator controller. A tenant administrator with namespace-scoped privileges can exploit this vulnerability by creating a namespaced ClusterCurator. This action inadvertently grants the tenant administrator the ability to mint a token for a ServiceAccount with cluster-wide administrative authority. This leads to a privilege escalation, allowing the tenant administrator to gain full control over the cluster.

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First Time appeared Redhat multicluster Engine For Kubernetes
Vendors & Products Redhat multicluster Engine For Kubernetes

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Description A flaw was found in the Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes ClusterCurator controller. A tenant administrator with namespace-scoped privileges can exploit this vulnerability by creating a namespaced ClusterCurator. This action inadvertently grants the tenant administrator the ability to mint a token for a ServiceAccount with cluster-wide administrative authority. This leads to a privilege escalation, allowing the tenant administrator to gain full control over the cluster.
Title Cluster-curator-controller: cluster-curator-controller: namespace admin can escalate to cluster-wide curator authority via clustercurator serviceaccount token
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat multicluster Engine
Weaknesses CWE-266
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat multicluster Engine
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T08:54:51.726Z

Reserved: 2026-05-29T08:14:22.495Z

Link: CVE-2026-10059

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Updated: 2026-08-05T11:00:12Z

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