High severity · published Aug 18, 2026
CVE-2026-66793
Governance-policy-addon-controller: governance-policy-addon-controller: arbitrary container image override via managedclusteraddon annotation enables rce on spoke
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the governance-policy-addon-controller component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. A user with permissions to annotate the namespaced ManagedClusterAddOn resource can override the governance-policy container image. This allows an attacker to run a controlled image with cluster-admin privileges on the managed cluster, leading to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-66793
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-66793
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391
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