A flaw was found in Open Cluster Management (OCM), the technology underlying Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM). Improper validation of Kubernetes client certificate renewal allows a managed cluster administrator to forge a client certificate that can be approved by the OCM controller. This enables cross-cluster privilege escalation and may allow an attacker to gain control over other managed clusters, including the hub cluster.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4740 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450590 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4740 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450590 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.2 · redhatNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 16
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11414
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13542
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13853
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8218
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9848
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4740 Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.arfevrier.fr/open-cluster-management-cross-cluster-escape/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450590 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11414
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13542
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13853
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8218
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9848
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4740 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450590 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4740.json