CVE-2026-27112
Critical RCE via YAML payloads on Kargo batch endpoints enabling privilege escalation.
Is CVE-2026-27112 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-27112 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.42% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-27112?
CVE-2026-27112 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-27112?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-27112. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-27112 affect?
CVE-2026-27112 affects Kargo control plane (legacy gRPC & REST batch endpoints) in versions <1.7.8, <1.8.11, <1.9.3. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-27112?
Upgrade to fixed versions; rotate credentials; review API permissions
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Privilege escalation to cluster-wide RCE and secret exfiltration via crafted batch payloads in Kubernetes.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 1.9.0-rc.1 and < 1.9.3
- affected>= 1.8.0-rc.1 and < 1.8.11
- affected>= 1.7.0 and < 1.7.8
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.