CVE-2026-66786 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-66786: Submariner: submariner: ipsec.conf stanza injection via remote-supplied cablename and subnets

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published September 2, 2026
Last update September 3, 2026

CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 2, 2026 CVE published
September 3, 2026 Record updated

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