Description
Improper access control in CloudStack's annotation functionality allows unauthorized comment creation and disclosure.




The addAnnotation and listAnnotation APIs perform an ownership check when an entity's UUID is specified, but fail to honor its result correctly. This lets any authenticated user write annotations to, and disclose existing annotations/comments on, an entity they don't own by simply supplying its UUID.




This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.15.0.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.





Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
Published: 2026-08-21
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apache
Apache cloudstack
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache cloudstack

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in the cluster-backup-operator. An attacker with write access to the backup storage location or the ability to create a Velero Backup object can inject malicious Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) resources into a backup. When this tampered backup is restored, the operator processes the malicious content, leading to a privilege escalation from backup-namespace-admin to hub cluster-admin. This allows the attacker to gain administrative control over the entire cluster. Improper access control in CloudStack's annotation functionality allows unauthorized comment creation and disclosure. The addAnnotation and listAnnotation APIs perform an ownership check when an entity's UUID is specified, but fail to honor its result correctly. This lets any authenticated user write annotations to, and disclose existing annotations/comments on, an entity they don't own by simply supplying its UUID. This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.15.0.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
Title cluster-backup-operator: cluster-backup-operator: Velero Restore includes cluster-scoped RBAC resources with no exclusion — tampered backup yields hub cluster-admin Apache CloudStack: Unauthorised comment creation and disclosure
Weaknesses CWE-284
References

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in the cluster-backup-operator. An attacker with write access to the backup storage location or the ability to create a Velero Backup object can inject malicious Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) resources into a backup. When this tampered backup is restored, the operator processes the malicious content, leading to a privilege escalation from backup-namespace-admin to hub cluster-admin. This allows the attacker to gain administrative control over the entire cluster.
Title cluster-backup-operator: cluster-backup-operator: Velero Restore includes cluster-scoped RBAC resources with no exclusion — tampered backup yields hub cluster-admin
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Subscriptions

Apache Cloudstack
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T19:45:45.850Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T18:09:26.783Z

Link: CVE-2026-66797

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T19:45:39.467Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-21T09:16:40.577

Modified: 2026-08-27T20:02:47.920

Link: CVE-2026-66797

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-66797 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T22:30:17Z

Weaknesses