5.7
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-55636
Capsule: Incomplete fix of CVE-2026-30963: singular/plural typo leaves namespaces/finalize unprotected
Description

Capsule is a multi-tenancy and policy-based framework for Kubernetes. From 0.13.0 until 0.13.6, charts/capsule/templates/configuration.yaml configures the validating webhook with namespace/finalize instead of the Kubernetes resource name namespaces/finalize. A user with namespaces/finalize RBAC can send a PUT request to /api/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/finalize, and the singular rule never matches the plural resource, so the validating webhook is not invoked and the user can change the namespace tenant label. matchPolicy: Equivalent does not compensate because it handles API group and version equivalence rather than resource-name errors. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.13.6.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 15, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 15, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Projectcapsule capsule
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update Capsule to version 0.13.6 or later to fix authorization bypass via webhook configuration.
  • Update Capsule to version 0.13.6 or later.
  • Verify webhook configuration for resource name matching.
  • Review RBAC permissions for namespace finalization.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Capsule is a multi-tenancy and policy-based framework for Kubernetes. From 0.13.0 until 0.13.6, charts/capsule/templates/configuration.yaml configures the validating webhook with namespace/finalize instead of the Kubernetes resource name namespaces/finalize. A user with namespaces/finalize RBAC can send a PUT request to /api/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/finalize, and the singular rule never matches the plural resource, so the validating webhook is not invoked and the user can change the namespace tenant label. matchPolicy: Equivalent does not compensate because it handles API group and version equivalence rather than resource-name errors. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.13.6.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
    Added CWE CWE-863
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/55xxx/CVE-2026-55636.json">CVE-2026-55636</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/projectcapsule/capsule/commit/af2f37793e789b2301da8ed8dfb52ab60affebb6
    Added Reference https://github.com/projectcapsule/capsule/pull/1966
    Added Reference https://github.com/projectcapsule/capsule/releases/tag/v0.13.6
    Added Reference https://github.com/projectcapsule/capsule/security/advisories/GHSA-gwxr-7h77-7777
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