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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-77968 EUVD-2026-72692GHSA-r6x8-cqxr-wwp4

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

Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 — —

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