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CVE-2026-59269
A user authenticating to Kubernetes clusters via the Pinniped Supervisor could potentially gain elevated permissions in the clusters, only if all the following conditions were true: the Pinniped Supervisor server is running with an ActiveDirectoryIdentityProvider resource configured; the ActiveDirectoryIdentityProvider.spec.groupSearch.attributes.groupName is empty; the attacker gains the ability to edit some part of the distinguished name (DN) of group entries in the Active Directory (AD) serve
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Pinniped","vendor":"VMware","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"0.46.0","status":"affected","version":"0.11.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:188eb09fccebf90b9cc54f900985518836025ebfeb57a062ca927ff87561c0b5 · sha256:37c71515d708ba02… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":3.8,"baseSeverity":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:188eb09fccebf90b9cc54f900985518836025ebfeb57a062ca927ff87561c0b5 · sha256:37c71515d708ba02… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"description":"CWE-20 Improper Input Validation","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:188eb09fccebf90b9cc54f900985518836025ebfeb57a062ca927ff87561c0b5 · sha256:37c71515d708ba02… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/pinniped/security/advisories/GHSA-7xq8-m6h6-2xg8"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:188eb09fccebf90b9cc54f900985518836025ebfeb57a062ca927ff87561c0b5 · sha256:37c71515d708ba02… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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