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A flaw was found in the `submariner-operator` component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. This vulnerability allows a cluster administrator, or any user with permissions to modify the Submariner Custom Resource (CR), to specify an unvalidated image path. This lack of validation enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges across the entire cluster, including control-plane nodes, by deploying a malicious image.
CVE-2026-66783
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-66783
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
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- Prerequisites
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
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- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
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- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
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- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product
- Affected versions
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- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.16::el9"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16",
"versions": [
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "1790670243",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
],
"packageName": "rhacm2/subctl-rhel9",
"collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.16::el9"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16",
"versions": [
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "1790670912",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
],
"packageName": "rhacm2/submariner-rhel9-operator",
"collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.17::el9"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17",
"versions": [
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "1788105072",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
],
"packageName": "rhacm2/subctl-rhel9",
"collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.17::el9"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17",
"versions": [
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "1788073481",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
],
"packageName": "rhacm2/submariner-rhel9-operator",
"collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2",
"packageName": "rhacm2/submariner-addon-rhel9",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2",
"packageName": "rhacm2/submariner-operator-bundle",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-66783
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Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
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- #39056 · Revision 1
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