CVE-2026-71846
Insights-client: insights-client: clusterrole grants cluster-wide secrets get/list/watch beyond least privilege
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Aug 12, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 7, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17Red Hat |
|
References
- RHSA-2026:60386vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60387vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60388vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60389vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60390vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:60391vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71846vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2512569issue-tracking
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.