A flaw was found in Kubernetes kube-controller-manager. The StatefulSet controller restores ControllerRevision data onto the whole StatefulSet object, including metadata. A user with namespace-scoped write access to StatefulSet and ControllerRevision can cause the controller to create a pod in another namespace. That pod is deleted by garbage collection unless the attacker can name the UID of a StatefulSet in the target namespace.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2270 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2270 cve-icon
History

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in Kubernetes kube-controller-manager. The StatefulSet controller restores ControllerRevision data onto the whole StatefulSet object, including metadata. A user with namespace-scoped write access to StatefulSet and ControllerRevision can cause the controller to create a pod in another namespace. That pod is deleted by garbage collection unless the attacker can name the UID of a StatefulSet in the target namespace.
Title kube-controller-manager: kube-controller-manager: StatefulSet and ControllerRevision write permissions allow cross-namespace pod creation
Weaknesses CWE-1220
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-15T16:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-2270 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-09-29T16:45:17Z

Weaknesses