CVE-2026-59269Privilege Escalation via Active Directory LDAP injection in Pinniped Supervisor can be executed by an attacker who can edit LDAP Group DN entries
A user authenticating to Kubernetes clusters via the Pinniped Supervisor could potentially gain elevated permissions in the clusters, only if all the following conditions were true: the Pinniped Supervisor server is running with an ActiveDirectoryIdentityProvider resource configured; the ActiveDirectoryIdentityProvider.spec.groupSearch.attributes.groupName is empty; the attacker gains the ability to edit some part of the distinguished name (DN) of group entries in the Active Directory (AD) server's database for groups to which they belong; the configured group search parameters cause the edited group to be included in the group search results for the user; and the attacker knows the password for an AD user who belongs to the edited AD group. Affected versions: Pinniped (go.pinniped.dev) v0.11.0 through v0.46.0 inclusive; fixed in v0.47.0.
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | LOW | 3.1vmware (CNA) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-59269
- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Assigner (CNA)
- vmware
- Published
- Jul 9, 2026
- Last modified
- 2026-10-25 17:10 UTC
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
VMwarePinniped1 version range
- 0.11.0 through 0.46.0