CVE-2026-66792 is a critical incorrect-authorization vulnerability in the multicloud-operators-subscription component used in Red Hat multicluster and OpenShift-related environments. The flaw arises from trusting user-settable Subscription annotations on managed clusters during authorization logic, including the isclusteradmin() path. A user with the ability to create a Subscription on a managed cluster can supply specifically crafted annotations that cause the controller to treat the request with elevated trust. As a result, the controller may deploy resources into arbitrary namespaces using the permissions of its own Service Account rather than the privileges of the requesting user. This creates a privilege-escalation path from a lower-privileged cluster user to controller-level capabilities across cluster resources.
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