CVE-2026-62290

cert-manager adds certificates and certificate issuers as resource types in Kubernetes clusters, and simplifies the process of obtaining, renewing and using those certificates. From 1.18.0 until 1.19.6 and 1.20.3, Challenge resources under acme.cert-manager.io can be created directly by namespace users without admission validation tying the Challenge to an Order, owner reference, or Issuer-selected solver, allowing attacker-controlled Challenge.spec.solver values referencing a ClusterIssuer to bypass DNS01 solver selectors such as dnsZones, dnsNames, and matchLabels and cause cert-manager to use ClusterIssuer DNS credentials for attacker-selected provider settings and DNS names, including disclosure of X-Api-User and X-Api-Key headers for acme-dns. This issue is fixed in versions 1.19.6 and 1.20.3.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cert-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cert-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 Jul 2026, 14:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/commit/6bda47297c8fbc6b121b8b76624b668d26f1a155 - () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/commit/6bda47297c8fbc6b121b8b76624b668d26f1a155 - Patch
References () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/commit/b37dbf01ecea50a0b3a19df0a7fe4c5ad6803f16 - () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/commit/b37dbf01ecea50a0b3a19df0a7fe4c5ad6803f16 - Patch
References () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/8940 - () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/8940 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/8941 - () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/8941 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/tag/v1.19.6 - () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/tag/v1.19.6 - Product, Release Notes
References () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/tag/v1.20.3 - () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/tag/v1.20.3 - Product, Release Notes
References () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-8rvj-mm4h-c258 - () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-8rvj-mm4h-c258 - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cert-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linuxfoundation cert-manager
Linuxfoundation

18 Jul 2026, 03:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-8rvj-mm4h-c258 - () https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-8rvj-mm4h-c258 -

16 Jul 2026, 20:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-16 20:16

Updated : 2026-07-30 14:27


NVD link : CVE-2026-62290

Mitre link : CVE-2026-62290

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-62290


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Products Affected

linuxfoundation

  • cert-manager
CWE
CWE-863

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