CVE-2026-62440
Apache CloudStack: Improper access control in Kubernetes Service (CKS) cluster manipulation
Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Kubernetes Service (CKS) plugin, allowing cross-tenant manipulation of the Kubernetes cluster while adding and removing nodes.
This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Apache CloudStack: Improper access control in Kubernetes Service (CKS) cluster manipulation
Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Kubernetes Service (CKS) plugin, allowing cross-tenant manipulation of the Kubernetes cluster while adding and removing nodes.
This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-62440- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-63835
Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Kubernetes Service (CKS) plugin, allowing cross-tenant manipulation of the Kubernetes cluster while adding and removing nodes.
This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2026-63835- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2vq4-5w2v-frrg
Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Kubernetes Service (CKS) plugin,...
Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Kubernetes Service (CKS) plugin, allowing cross-tenant manipulation of the Kubernetes cluster while adding and removing nodes.
This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
- Record
GHSA-2vq4-5w2v-frrg- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Kubernetes Service (CKS) plugin, allowing cross-tenant manipulation of the Kubernetes cluster while adding and removing nodes.
This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-62440- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Apache CloudStack: Improper access control in Kubernetes Service (CKS) cluster manipulation
Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's Kubernetes Service (CKS) plugin, allowing cross-tenant manipulation of the Kubernetes cluster while adding and removing nodes.
This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-62440- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-08
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-62440 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Apache Cloudstack, published August 21, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.