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GHSA-R6X8-CQXR-WWP4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-08 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-08 12:31

Details

A flaw was found in hawtio-operator. The operator's ClusterRole grants secrets: [create, get, list, update, watch] across all namespaces. While the operator uses a controller-runtime label-selector cache as a memory optimization, the ServiceAccount token authorizes read access to every Secret in the cluster. The operator also bypasses the cache via direct API calls. Compromise of the operator pod would yield read access to every Secret in the cluster, including bootstrap tokens, cloud credentials, and other operators' secrets.

Severity

8.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2026-77968 (GCVE-0-2026-77968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 11:27 – Updated: 2026-09-08 14:05

Title

Hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: cluster-wide secrets read/write granted to operator serviceaccount

Summary

Severity

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-08 14:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 977 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77968	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524896	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4	cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_hawtio:4

Date Public

2026-09-08 10:56

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