High

Cluster-proxy: impersonation-header injection grants cluster-admin on every managed cluster

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

A flaw was found in the cluster-proxy service-proxy component used in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) and multicluster-engine (MCE). The service-proxy appends impersonation group headers to proxied requests without first removing caller-supplied values, and the spoke ServiceAccount holds unrestricted impersonation permissions. An authenticated hub principal can inject an Impersonate-Group header to escalate to cluster-admin on every managed cluster.

Announced 24 Jul 2026Source revision 1

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CVE-2026-17107

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-17107

multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.10

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multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.10

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multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.11

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product

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multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.17

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

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multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

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multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

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multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-17107
Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #3925 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:43:11 GMT
Publisher date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:56:05 GMT

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