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Submariner CVE-2026-66786

| EUVDEUVD-2026-70247 CRITICAL
Code Injection (CWE-94)
2026-09-02 redhat GHSA-f6r4-g4jr-h7f2
Critical
Disputed · 9.1 Vendor: redhat
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Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY
9.1 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
9.1 CRITICAL

Attacker must control a federated cluster able to publish CRDs (PR:H); injection is network-reachable and low-complexity, root on gateway plus cross-cluster pivot gives S:C and C/I/A:H.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Red Hat
9.1 MEDIUM
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CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Sep 02, 2026 - 18:36 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 02, 2026 - 17:57 nvd
CRITICAL 9.1

DescriptionCVE.org

A flaw was found in submariner. In cert-auth mode, the connection configuration is built using free-form strings from the Custom Resource Definition (CRD) without proper validation. A malicious cluster can exploit this by publishing a CableName that includes newlines and ipsec.conf directives. This allows an attacker to inject arbitrary configuration parameters or execute commands through leftupdown hooks, leading to remote code execution as root on the gateway node.

AnalysisAI

Remote code execution as root on the Submariner gateway node is possible in cert-auth mode, affecting Submariner as bundled in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2. The gateway builds its IPsec connection configuration from unvalidated free-form CRD fields, so a malicious member cluster can publish a CableName containing embedded newlines and ipsec.conf directives (e.g. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Requires Submariner running in cert-auth mode and the attacker controlling a cluster that is already joined to the Submariner broker with the ability to publish Endpoint/CableName CRD values (reflected as PR:H). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) reflects a network-reachable, low-complexity path to root with scope change, tempered by PR:H - the attacker must already control a cluster that is federated into the Submariner broker and able to publish endpoint CRDs. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation No vendor-released patch version is identified in the provided data - monitor the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66786) and Bugzilla 2507531 for a fixed submariner-addon build and apply it once published. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, identify all Red Hat ACM deployments running Submariner and confirm which are in cert-auth mode; immediately implement network segmentation to restrict member cluster connectivity to gateway nodes. …

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