Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes cluster-proxy service-proxy Impersonate-Group privileges management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes. It has been rated as very critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component cluster-proxy service-proxy. This manipulation of the argument Impersonate-Group causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-17107. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes (version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component cluster-proxy service-proxy. The manipulation of the argument Impersonate-Group with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
A flaw was found in the cluster-proxy service-proxy component used in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) and multicluster-engine (MCE). The service-proxy appends impersonation group headers to proxied requests without first removing caller-supplied values, and the spoke ServiceAccount holds unrestricted impersonation permissions. An authenticated hub principal can inject an Impersonate-Group header to escalate to cluster-admin on every managed cluster.
The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-17107 since 07/24/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/24/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-48728). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.9
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/24/2026 Advisory disclosed07/24/2026 CVE reserved
07/24/2026 VulDB entry created
07/24/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2026-17107 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-17107
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-383005
EUVD: 🔒
Entry
Created: 07/24/2026 21:14Updated: 07/24/2026 22:42
Changes: 07/24/2026 21:14 (53), 07/24/2026 22:42 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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