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CVE-2026-72508

Status: Awaiting AnalysisCritical (9.9)—

A flaw was found in the multicloud-operators-subscription component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM). This vulnerability allows a namespace-admin tenant to perform a confused-deputy attack by creating Subscription Custom Resources (CRs) that leverage a highly privileged ServiceAccount (SA). This enables the tenant to deploy arbitrary cluster-scoped resources, leading to privilege escalation and potential arbitrary code execution across the cluster.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

AV:N/PR:L sin UI permite explotación de servicio remoto con privilegios. Confused-deputy en RBAC Kubernetes causa escalada a recursos cluster-scoped y ejecución arbitraria.

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🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Threat Intelligence ProgramPrivileged Account ManagementExecution PreventionDisable or Remove Feature or ProgramApplication Isolation and SandboxingExploit Protection

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

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