CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-4740
8.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-04-07
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
- 8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
Description
A flaw was found in Open Cluster Management (OCM), the technology underlying Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM). Improper validation of Kubernetes client certificate renewal allows a managed cluster administrator to forge a client certificate that can be approved by the OCM controller. This enables cross-cluster privilege escalation and may allow an attacker to gain control over other managed clusters, including the hub cluster.
Affected configurations
• redhat advanced cluster management for kubernetes
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11414 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13542 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13853 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8218 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9848 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4740 Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.arfevrier.fr/open-cluster-management-cross-cluster-escape/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450590 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11414 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13542 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13853 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8218 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9848 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4740 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450590 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4740.json security.access.redhat.com