CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-4740

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in Open Cluster Management (OCM) where improper validation of Kubernetes client certificate renewal allows a managed cluster administrator to forge a client certificate that can be approved by the OCM controller.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability enables cross-cluster privilege escalation and may allow an attacker to gain control over other managed clusters, including the hub cluster, posing a significant risk to the entire cluster management environment.

Recommendation

Immediately update Open Cluster Management to a patched version. Until the update is applied, restrict trust for managed cluster administrators and monitor for unusual certificate renewal requests.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in Open Cluster Management (OCM), the technology underlying Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM). Improper validation of Kubernetes client certificate renewal allows a managed cluster administrator to forge a client certificate that can be approved by the OCM controller. This enables cross-cluster privilege escalation and may allow an attacker to gain control over other managed clusters, including the hub cluster.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS