Description
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.
Affected products
redhat: advanced cluster management for kubernetes; redhat: insights-client
References8
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71846 Vendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512569 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-250
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