CVE-2026-14251 json
Gitops-operator: gitops-operator: missing allowednamespace check in reconcilerhook for clusterrole/role cases enables potential privilege escalation and dos
published 2026-07-15 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also EUVD-2026-44596
- cvss
- 7.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A flaw was found in the OpenShift GitOps operator. The ClusterRole reconciler does not validate resource ownership when reconciling ClusterRole objects. A namespace-scoped Argo CD instance can trigger deletion of a ClusterRole owned by a cluster-scoped Argo CD instance by crafting a name collision, resulting in a denial of service.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-14251 updated cvss 7.7
gitops-operator: gitops-operator: Missing allowedNamespace check in ReconcilerHook for ClusterRole/Role cases enables potential privilege escalation and DoS
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Red Hat OpenShift GitOps openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel9-operatoraffected: no fix available
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
References
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access.redhat.com
/security/cve/CVE-2026-14251
vdb-entry
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=2484710
issue-tracking
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-14251
- NVD CVE-2026-14251
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