01 Record
CVE-2026-76654
Subpath symlinking on Windows nodes permits NTLM coercion
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: kubernetes
CNA base score5.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
Subpath symlinking on Windows nodes permits NTLM coercion
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-27.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-26 22:29Z2 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-26 23:10Z2 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-19
- Assigning CNA
- kubernetes
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 1764cf379d464a52299e546e18e4ac4ae76e202891b450d177197aa0f94bec28
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
KubernetesKubernetesv1.34.0 to v1.34.11, v1.35.0 to v1.35.8, v1.36.0 to v1.36.4, v1.37.0 to v1.37.0—
06 References
07 Remediation
To mitigate this vulnerability, upgrade Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-upgrade/