CVE-2026-77968Hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: cluster-wide secrets read/write granted to operator serviceaccount
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- 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
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 redhat:apache_camel_hawtio | 4 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77968vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524896issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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