CVE-2026-10843

Cloud-credential-operator: cco mint-mode credentialsrequest manifests grant account-wide iam access beyond cluster scope on aws

State: Published
Severity: 7.2 High
Published: Jun 4, 2026
Updated: Oct 30, 2026
Reserved: Jun 4, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in the OpenShift Cloud Credential Operator Mint-mode IAM policies for AWS. Operator credentials are provisioned with account-wide scope for destructive actions rather than being restricted to cluster-owned resources, enabling cross-scope impact after credential compromise.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat
3.1	7.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat-SADP

Weaknesses

CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5Red Hat

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10843vdb-entry
RHBZ#2484738issue-tracking
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-10843.json

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