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Fencer Vulns
high 8.2

CVE-2026-77968 json

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

published 2026-09-08 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-72692

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-77968 updated cvss 8.2

hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: Cluster-wide secrets read/write granted to operator ServiceAccount

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 rhbac-4/hawtio-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Build of Apache Camel HawtIO 4.4 for RHEL 9 rhbac-4/hawtio-operator-bundle 2.0.1-8, rhbac-4/hawtio-rhel9-operator 2.0.1-10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:66120

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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