Lighthouse: lighthouse: arbitrary namespace injection via attacker-controlled broker label
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
A flaw was found in Lighthouse. A remote attacker, by compromising a spoke cluster, can exploit a vulnerability where the destination namespace for resource injection is derived from an attacker-controlled label or annotation on the broker object. This allows the attacker to inject unauthorized EndpointSlices and ServiceImports into any namespace on peer clusters, including critical system namespaces like kube-system and openshift-*. This could lead to privilege escalation or other forms of system compromise within the cluster.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | — | 1790670439 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | — | 1790670231 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | — | 1790670243 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | — | 1790670912 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | — | 1788023916 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | — | 1788023940 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | — | 1788105072 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | — | 1788073481 | Patch available | CNA |
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1790670439 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1790670231 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1790670243 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1790670912 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1788023916 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1788023940 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1788105072 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1788073481 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2026:85227 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating ImportantSubmariner v0.23 security fixes and container updates
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/subctl-rhel9 +4
- RHSA-2026:63016 Released 2026-09-03 · Red Hat rating ImportantSubmariner v0.24 security fixes and container updates
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/subctl-rhel9 +4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 — RHSA-2026:63016
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-47431 Lighthouse: lighthouse: cross-cluster dns spoofing via unvalidated endpointslice ip addressesPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-47429 Submariner: submariner: missing validation of remote endpoint subnets and clusterid enables cross-cluster traffic hijackPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-47425 Submariner-operator: broker serviceaccount secret (token + ca) logged in full at trace verbosityPriority LOW 32
- Advisory ·
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 — RHSA-2026:85227
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-47431 Lighthouse: lighthouse: cross-cluster dns spoofing via unvalidated endpointslice ip addressesPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-47429 Submariner: submariner: missing validation of remote endpoint subnets and clusterid enables cross-cluster traffic hijackPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-47425 Submariner-operator: broker serviceaccount secret (token + ca) logged in full at trace verbosityPriority LOW 32
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:85227 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:63016 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66788
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-264j-8377-4hmm
- 2026-10-12 Title updated · CNA
- 2026-10-12 CVSS score changed · CNA
- 2026-10-12 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-13 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9@1790670439, rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9@1790670231, rhacm2/subctl-rhel9@1790670243 +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-19 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:85227 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 · Red Hat
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Sources
- CVE-2026-66788 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-66788 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-264j-8377-4hmm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-66788 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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