Critical [CVE-2026-67567] HelmRelease chart applied with controller SA without GVK or namespace restriction
This critical-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-67567 affecting Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14.
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Summary
A flaw was found in the multicloud-operators-subscription component. This vulnerability allows a tenant, who has the ability to create HelmRelease custom resources (CRs), to bypass existing security controls.
The system's HelmRelease controller processes Helm chart templates using its own elevated ServiceAccount privileges without proper validation. This enables the tenant to deploy arbitrary resources across the entire cluster, leading to a significant security compromise.
A malicious tenant capable of creating HelmRelease custom resources can exploit this to deploy arbitrary resources cluster-wide, bypassing intended namespace and GVK restrictions. This allows for significant privilege escalation within the cluster.
Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 9.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-441.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11; Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13; Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14; Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15; Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16; Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17.
Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2026:60387, RHSA-2026:60390, RHSA-2026:60388, RHSA-2026:60389, RHSA-2026:60391, RHSA-2026:60386.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 9 days ago·verify at source
- rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:1787263584
- rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:1787263693
- rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:1787170830
- rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:1787240030
- rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:1787242321
- rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:1787242108
- RHSA-2026:60387
- RHSA-2026:60390
- RHSA-2026:60388
- RHSA-2026:60389
- RHSA-2026:60391
- RHSA-2026:60386
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 9 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- To mitigate this issue, restrict the ability of untrusted tenants to create `HelmRelease` custom resources within the cluster. Implement strict Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) policies to limit which users or service accounts can create or modify `HelmRelease` objects. This will prevent unauthorized users from leveraging the controller's elevated privileges for cluster-wide resource deployment.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 9 days ago·verify at source
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