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Medium, CVSS 4.9amended

Capsule: Malformed ForbiddenAnnotations.Regex can bypass Tenant validation and trigger namespace admission panic

CVE-2026-61794GHSA-gxjc-74v5-3vx3

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (github.com/projectcapsule/capsule 0.13.7), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

Affected packages

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
4.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2026-61794: 0.59% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 48.13 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Summary A validation bug in internal/webhook/tenant/validation/forbiddenannotationsregex.go allows an invalid ForbiddenAnnotations.Regex value to bypass Tenant admission on update. The webhook compiles ForbiddenLabels.Regex for both labels and annotations, so a malformed annotations regex can be persisted. Once stored, namespace admission later evaluates the bad regex through pkg/api/forbiddenlist.go, where regexp.MustCompile can panic and cause admission failure. Details In internal/webhook/tenant/validation/forbiddenannotationsregex.go, OnUpdate validates the new Tenant object, but the loop compiles tnt.Spec.NamespaceOptions.ForbiddenLabels.Regex for both labels and annotations. That means an invalid ForbiddenAnnotations.Regex is never validated if ForbiddenLabels.Regex is valid. Relevant paths: - internal/webhook/tenant/validation/forbiddenannotationsregex.go - internal/webhook/namespace/validation/usermetadata.go - pkg/api/forbiddenlist.go Namespace admission later calls…

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-gxjc-74v5-3vx3

  2. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record GO-2026-6521

  3. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-gxjc-74v5-3vx3

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-61794

Advisory: Capsule: Malformed ForbiddenAnnotations.Regex can bypass Tenant validation and trigger namespace admission panic
IDs: CVE-2026-61794, GHSA-gxjc-74v5-3vx3
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-61794 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 15:29 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.9)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: github.com/projectcapsule/capsule 0.13.7. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Go github.com/projectcapsule/capsule: affected >= 0.13.0, < 0.13.7; fixed in 0.13.7

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Go github.com/projectcapsule/capsule: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on github.com/projectcapsule/capsule.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gxjc-74v5-3vx3 (OSV record GHSA-gxjc-74v5-3vx3 lists affected ranges: Go github.com/projectcapsule/capsule >=0.13.0 <0.13.7 (fixed))
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-6521 (OSV record GO-2026-6521 lists affected ranges: Go github.com/projectcapsule/capsule >=0.13.0 <0.13.7 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gxjc-74v5-3vx3 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-gxjc-74v5-3vx3 lists affected ranges: Go github.com/projectcapsule/capsule >=0.13.0 <0.13.7)

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