Managedcluster-import-controller: csr auto-approver does not validate certificate subject or signername (spoke→hub cluster-admin)
A flaw was found in the managedcluster-import-controller. The Certificate Signing Request (CSR) auto-approval logic improperly validates incoming CSRs, specifically by not inspecting the signer name or decoding the PEM-encoded x509 CSR. This vulnerability allows a privileged service account on a spoke cluster to submit a malicious CSR. Successful exploitation can lead to privilege escalation, enabling the attacker to obtain administrative credentials on the hub cluster.
Evidence and details
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-66795
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.10
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.11
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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- Not stated in this record
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.17
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
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- Not stated in this record
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product
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- Not stated in this record
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product
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- Not stated in this record
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
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- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-66795
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Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics