7.7High
CVE-2026-93017Insights-operator: gather serviceaccount has cluster-wide secret read plus nodes/proxy and cluster-reader
Description
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" ```
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-269
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Versions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| openshift | 4.12 | — | |
| openshift | 4.13 | — | |
| openshift | 4.14 | — | |
| openshift | 4.15 | — | |
| openshift | 4.16 | — | |
| openshift | 4.17 | — | |
| openshift | 4.18 | — | |
| openshift | 4.19 | — | |
| openshift | 4.20 | — | |
| openshift | 4.21 | — | |
| openshift | 4.22 | — | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | all versions |
References and patches
- RHSA-2026:82785 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:82813 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:83480 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:83502 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:83702 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:89198 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:89715 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:89726 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:90274 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:95746 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:96283 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93017 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2515741 issue-tracking