Answer in brief
CVE-2026-76654 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in Subpath symlinking on Windows nodes permits NTLM coercion. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Kubernetes/Kubernetes (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Kubernetes/Kubernetes (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes/Kubernetesgeneric | >=v1.34.0 <=v1.34.11 || >=v1.35.0 <=v1.35.8 || >=v1.36.0 <=v1.36.4 || >=v1.37.0 <=v1.37.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 26, 2026
An NTLM coercion vulnerability exists on Windows nodes when the subPath supplied in a pod's volumeMounts is set to a symbolic link that points to an attacker-controlled network share. When a kubelet resolves symlinks, it does not reject a target that resolves to a UNC path. As a result, the kubelet will transparently attempt to authenticate to the share using NTLM. This allows an attacker to obtain the NetNTLMv2 hash of the account under which the kubelet is running. An attacker could then attempt to crack the hash to retrieve the corresponding password or relay it to impersonate the node, if the node is domain-joined.
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