CVE-2026-77968

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

Published: Sep 8, 2026Updated: Sep 8, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-269

8.2HIGH

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:CScope

Changed

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

Red Hat

commercial·US

Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4LibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

Workaround Available

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77968

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524896

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