CVE-2026-75924

A flaw was found in managed-serviceaccount. A compromised addon-manager pod, due to its ClusterRole granting excessive permissions, can read any secret across all namespaces. Additionally, it can approve arbitrary Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs), which could lead to information disclosure and privilege escalation within the cluster.

CVSS v3 8.7 HIGH

8.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-75924
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515720

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-18 17:17

Updated : 2026-08-20 13:08

NVD link : CVE-2026-75924

Mitre link : CVE-2026-75924

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-75924

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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