{"id":"CVE-2026-42457","aliases":["EUVD-2026-30301","GHSA-x7cq-v3h6-426c"],"status":"published","title":"vCluster Platform: Stored XSS can lead to privilege escalation","description":"vCluster Platform provides a Kubernetes platform for managing virtual clusters, multi-tenancy, and cluster sharing. Prior to 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0, there is a Stored XSS attack vulnerability via the name field of a templateRef. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary external scripts within the platform's browser context. In the worst case, a malicious user could potentially create a new Global-Admin user, bypassing other security restrictions. The attacker needs the ability to create namespaces. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00312,"percentile":0.24363,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-05-14T14:48:05Z","modified":"2026-11-04T02:48:04Z","products":[{"vendor":"loft-sh","product":"loft"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/loft-sh/loft/security/advisories/GHSA-x7cq-v3h6-426c","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42457.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42457","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42457","title":"vCluster Platform: Stored XSS can lead to privilege escalation","description":"vCluster Platform provides a Kubernetes platform for managing virtual clusters, multi-tenancy, and cluster sharing. Prior to 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0, there is a Stored XSS attack vulnerability via the name field of a templateRef. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary external scripts within the platform's browser context. In the worst case, a malicious user could potentially create a new Global-Admin user, bypassing other security restrictions. The attacker needs the ability to create namespaces. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-14T14:48:05.096Z","modified":"2026-05-14T19:51:50.476Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:40:12.486331Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-30301","description":"vCluster Platform provides a Kubernetes platform for managing virtual clusters, multi-tenancy, and cluster sharing. Prior to 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0, there is a Stored XSS attack vulnerability via the name field of a templateRef. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary external scripts within the platform's browser context. In the worst case, a malicious user could potentially create a new Global-Admin user, bypassing other security restrictions. The attacker needs the ability to create namespaces. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-14T14:48:05Z","modified":"2026-05-14T19:51:50Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:04:30.595644Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42457","description":"vCluster Platform provides a Kubernetes platform for managing virtual clusters, multi-tenancy, and cluster sharing. Prior to 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0, there is a Stored XSS attack vulnerability via the name field of a templateRef. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary external scripts within the platform's browser context. In the worst case, a malicious user could potentially create a new Global-Admin user, bypassing other security restrictions. The attacker needs the ability to create namespaces. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-14T15:16:46.5Z","modified":"2026-06-17T10:47:52.337Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:19.020465Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42457","title":"vCluster Platform: Stored XSS can lead to privilege escalation","description":"vCluster Platform provides a Kubernetes platform for managing virtual clusters, multi-tenancy, and cluster sharing. Prior to 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0, there is a Stored XSS attack vulnerability via the name field of a templateRef. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary external scripts within the platform's browser context. In the worst case, a malicious user could potentially create a new Global-Admin user, bypassing other security restrictions. The attacker needs the ability to create namespaces. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, and 4.8.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-14T14:48:05.096Z","modified":"2026-11-04T02:48:04.574472805Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-04T03:25:28.514393Z"}]}}