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CVE-2026-73268 A flaw was found in the cluster-curator-controller component of multicluster engine (MCE)

Description

A flaw was found in the cluster-curator-controller component of multicluster engine (MCE). A tenant with create or update permissions on ClusterCurator resources can inject an arbitrary Job specification. This is possible because the CreateJob() function does not validate user-controlled input when unmarshaling the spec.install.overrideJob raw extension. Successful exploitation allows the injected Job to run with the controller's elevated privileges, leading to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation, potentially accessing cluster-wide secrets.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes Versions not published
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.10 1787201612 earliest → < 1787201612 1787201612
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.11 1787238383 earliest → < 1787238383 1787238383
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.17 1786750700 earliest → < 1786750700 1786750700
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 1787264185 earliest → < 1787264185 1787264185
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8 1787259011 earliest → < 1787259011 1787259011
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9 1787201646 earliest → < 1787201646 1787201646
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.1 1787201612 earliest → < 1787201612 1787201612
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9.0 1787201646 earliest → < 1787201646 1787201646
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.11.0 1787238383 earliest → < 1787238383 1787238383

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