CVE-2026-71846Insights-client: insights-client: clusterrole grants cluster-wide secrets get/list/watch beyond least privilege
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A flaw was found in insights-client. The component's ServiceAccount is bound to a ClusterRole granting cluster-wide secrets get, list, and watch permissions, while the code only requires access to a single specific Secret. This excessive privilege means that a compromise of the insights-client pod or ServiceAccount token would grant an attacker read access to all Secrets across the hub cluster, including managed-cluster kubeconfigs and other sensitive credentials.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-250
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Sep 5, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
from 1787688993 not affected | CNA record | |
redhat advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes | 2.0 | NVD |
redhat insights-client redhat:insights-client | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71846vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat, vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512569issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat, vendor-advisory
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