Vulnerability in Eclipse Ankaios (CVE-2026-86836)
Summary
Vulnerability in Eclipse Ankaios (CVE-2026-86836). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via controlInterfaceAccess.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In Eclipse Ankaios versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.2, the agent creates workload files and Control Interface named pipes (FIFOs) under a predictable path derived from the agent name and a hash of the workload's runtime configuration. If a directory or FIFO already exists at that path when the agent (re)starts, the agent reuses it based only on an existence and/or file-type check, without validating its owner or permissions. A local, unprivileged user with write access to the same base directory (by default under $TMPDIR/ankaios, e.g. shared /tmp) can pre-create this path hierarchy, including the two Control Interface FIFOs, before the agent starts. The agent then treats the attacker-owned FIFOs as the legitimate Control Interface for the targeted workload. The attacker can complete the Control Interface handshake and issue requests using that workload's configured controlInterfaceAccess permissions, allowing impersonation of the workload and, depending on its configured permissions, unauthorized reading and/or modification of the cluster's desired state.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-86836 has been found in Eclipse Ankaios.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like controlInterfaceAccess over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Eclipse Ankaios CVE-2026-86836" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-86836 (Eclipse Ankaios) — CWE-276
Attack surface: controlInterfaceAccess
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-276) exists in Eclipse Ankaios. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via controlInterfaceAccess.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Eclipse Ankaios. Attack surface: controlInterfaceAccess.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Eclipse Ankaios を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web gitlab.eclipse.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com