CVE-2026-6389

IBM Turbonomic prometurbo agent 8.16.0 through 8.17.6 IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management grants excessive cluster‑wide permissions, including unrestricted read access to all secrets. An attacker that compromises the operator or its service account can exfiltrate sensitive credentials, escalate privileges, and potentially achieve full cluster compromise.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270720	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:turbonomic_prometurbo_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-30 22:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 11:00

NVD link : CVE-2026-6389

Mitre link : CVE-2026-6389

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-6389

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

turbonomic_prometurbo_agent

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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