CVE-2026-93017 (GCVE-0-2026-93017)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-08 14:31 – Updated: 2026-10-08 14:31
VLAI
Title
Insights-operator: gather serviceaccount has cluster-wide secret read plus nodes/proxy and cluster-reader
Summary
The `insights-operator-gather` ClusterRole grants the operator's service account read access to secrets in the core API group with no namespace or resourceNames restriction — therefore, access to every secret in every namespace in the cluster. Ref: https://github.com/openshift/insights-operator/blob/8f15e3157ff09f54ab22801f5b21da35a195cc6d/manifests/03-clusterrole.yaml#L368-L373 ``` - apiGroups: - "" resources: - secrets verbs: - get - list ``` By spawning a pod with the gather service account mounted, an attacker will be able to access any secret in any namespace. ``` spec: serviceAccountName:"gather" ```
Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 969 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93017 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515741 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
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Date Public
2026-10-08 13:27
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