Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes. If an attacker can obtain a scoped access key and can reach the vCluster Platform endpoints or APIs that accept it, they can attempt to access resources beyond the key's declared scope, subject to the owner's overall privileges.

Does an attacker gain more privileges than the access key owner?

No. The vulnerability does not grant privileges beyond what the owning user or automation identity already has. However, it defeats the security expectation that the scoped key is strictly limited to a reduced subset of those privileges.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Ensure that authorization is enforced based on the access key's explicit scope, not just the owner's effective permissions. Architect the authorization layer so that scopes are treated as hard boundaries, with deny-by-default semantics for operations not explicitly allowed by the key's scope.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

Improper Authorization for Scoped Access Keys (CWE-863) in vCluster Platform

CVE-2026-22806

Published:

Jan 29, 2026

Status:

Awaiting Analysis

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Authorization

CWE:

CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation / Access Control Bypass

Severity:

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(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Authorization

CWE:

CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation / Access Control Bypass

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Improper Authorization for Scoped Access Keys (CWE-863) in vCluster Platform

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

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