# CVE-2026-32768: Chall-Manager's invalid NetworkPolicy enables a malicious actor to pivot into another namespace

- Also known as: GO-2026-4718, GHSA-MW24-F3XH-J3QV
- Severity: CVSS 7.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.5
- Published: 2026-03-20 · Updated: 2026-03-20

## Affected

- ctfer-io chall-manager: fixed in 0.6.5
- github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/deploy (Go): fixed in 0.6.5
- github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/sdk (Go): fixed in 0.6.5

## Description

Chall-Manager is a platform-agnostic system able to start Challenges on Demand of a player. In versions prior to 0.6.5, due to a miswritten NetworkPolicy, a malicious actor can pivot from an instance to any Pod out of the origin namespace. This breaks the security-by-default property expected as part of the deployment program, leading to a potential lateral movement. In the specific case of sdk/kubernetes.Kompose it does not isolate the instances. This issue has been fixed in version 0.6.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ctfer-io chall-manager, github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/deploy, github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/sdk, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-mw24-f3xh-j3qv
- https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/commit/dc5ef27dfed2befef7f506ab8ca14d062b0d79c5
- https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/releases/tag/v0.6.5

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