CVE-2026-115539: Cluster-API proxy overwrites forwarded client identity with its own

Published Nov 10, 2026
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Updated

SwarmKit's Cluster-API proxy can overwrite a forwarded client's TLS identity with an intermediary manager's identity. WithMetadataForwardTLSInfo replaces outgoing metadata with a copy of the incoming metadata, discarding the redirect guard's changes when built with grpc-go 1.39 or later. During a short window after a leader change, two proxy hops through managers with inconsistent views of the leader can allow an attacker possessing a valid worker node TLS certificate and private key to obtain a manager node certificate for the attacker's own key, escalating privileges from worker to manager. Applications built with an affected SwarmKit version and grpc-go 1.39 or later are impacted.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Docker SwarmKit
go/google.golang.org/grpc>=1.39

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade github.com/moby/swarmkit/v2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.1.3

Event History

Nov 10, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:57 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:57 PM
RemedyDescriptionWeakness

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