OpenShift Insights Operator: Misconfigured ClusterRole Grants All Secrets
CVE-2026-93017 Published on October 8, 2026

Insights-operator: gather serviceaccount has cluster-wide secret read plus nodes/proxy and cluster-reader
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" ```

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-93017 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 121 days later.

Weakness Type

Improper Privilege Management

The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-93017

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Affected Versions

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5: