CVE-2026-71846

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71846	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512569	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:insights-client:-:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-12 22:17

Updated : 2026-09-05 18:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-71846

Mitre link : CVE-2026-71846

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-71846

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Products Affected

redhat

advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes
insights-client

CWE

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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