Description
The `insights-operator-gather` ClusterRole grants the operator's service account read access to secrets in the core API group with no namespace or resourceNames restriction — therefore, access to every secret in every namespace in the cluster.
Ref: https://github.com/openshift/insights-operator/blob/8f15e3157ff09f54ab22801f5b21da35a195cc6d/manifests/03-clusterrole.yaml#L368-L373
```
- apiGroups:
- ""
resources:
- secrets
verbs:
- get
- list
```
By spawning a pod with the gather service account mounted, an attacker will be able to access any secret in any namespace.
```
spec:
serviceAccountName:"gather"
```
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | — | — |
References
- RHSA-2026:82785 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:82813 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:83480 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:83502 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:83702 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:89198 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:89715 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:89726 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:90274 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93017 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2515741 issue-tracking