A flaw was found in volsync-addon-controller. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious YAML (Yet Another Markup Language) code into the OpenShift Lifecycle Manager (OLM) Subscription resource. This is due to improper escaping of annotation values when they are rendered into YAML. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized modification or control over OLM Subscription configurations, potentially impacting software management within the cluster. This issue primarily affects systems where the 'volsync-addon-deploy-type: olm' annotation is explicitly enabled.
History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


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Metrics ssvc

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


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Description A flaw was found in volsync-addon-controller. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious YAML (Yet Another Markup Language) code into the OpenShift Lifecycle Manager (OLM) Subscription resource. This is due to improper escaping of annotation values when they are rendered into YAML. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized modification or control over OLM Subscription configurations, potentially impacting software management within the cluster. This issue primarily affects systems where the 'volsync-addon-deploy-type: olm' annotation is explicitly enabled.
Title Volsync-addon-controller: volsync-addon-controller: annotation values rendered into yaml via text/template without escaping allows yaml injection into subscription
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat acm
Weaknesses CWE-94
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat acm
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T19:59:57.514Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T17:21:18.911Z

Link: CVE-2026-18874

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-19T19:54:09.547Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-19T18:16:36.080

Modified: 2026-08-20T13:08:53.900

Link: CVE-2026-18874

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-19T17:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-18874 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T13:15:03Z