CVE-2026-77524 KEDA - Broken Access Control

KEDA <= 2.20.2 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by improper validation of hashiCorpVault.address in TriggerAuthentication and ScaledObject resources, letting namespace administrators escalate privileges to operator cluster-wide permissions, exploit requires namespace admin privileges.

CVSS base score 9.9 /10
Critical
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
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Details

Type
Broken Access Control
Impact
Privilege Escalation, Information Disclosure
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
14 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-269

Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 2.21.0 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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