The grc-policy-propagator allows security escalation within the cluster. The propagator allows policies which contain some dynamically obtained values (instead of the policy apply a static manifest on a managed cluster) of taking advantage of cluster scoped access in a created policy. This feature does not restrict properly to lookup content from the namespace where the policy was created.
Use CWE-269, Redhat vendor hub and Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes product page to widen CVE-2023-3027 into its surrounding weakness, vendor, and product context.
Compare it with CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2026-4740 and CVE-2022-3841 for nearby disclosures in the same product family.