CVE-2026-61682
What it is
kcp is a Kubernetes-like control plane for form-factors and use-cases beyond Kubernetes and container workloads. Prior to 0.31.4 and 0.32.2, the kcp front-proxy does not remove inbound X-Remote-User, X-Remote-Group, or X-Remote-Extra-* identity headers before forwarding requests to shards. Any authenticated tenant can inject X-Remote-Group: system:masters, authorization.kcp.io/warrant, authentication.kcp.io/scopes, or a group used for per-workspace required-group gating, and the shard trusts these values as authenticated identity assertions. This allows cross-workspace impersonation, authorization bypass, and arbitrary reading, writing, or deletion of resources, secrets, RBAC data, APIExports, APIBindings, and LogicalClusters. This issue is fixed in versions 0.31.4 and 0.32.2.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.9 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.9
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/commit/7437cdcfec8f927d1a9bf1b2dd1e075d038e27ca
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/commit/f913ee890fb2fd9fa78e50c43474b078bfb6aeff
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/releases/tag/v0.31.4
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/releases/tag/v0.32.2
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/security/advisories/GHSA-c8w2-fgvx-vhv4
References
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/commit/7437cdcfec8f927d1a9bf1b2dd1e075d038e27ca
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/commit/f913ee890fb2fd9fa78e50c43474b078bfb6aeff
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/releases/tag/v0.31.4
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/releases/tag/v0.32.2
- https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/security/advisories/GHSA-c8w2-fgvx-vhv4