CVE-2026-73834

A flaw was found in the must-gather component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. Certain ACM wrapper Custom Resources that embed Secret data are collected without redaction. When an administrator runs must-gather, credentials and tokens are captured in cleartext in the resulting archive, potentially exposing sensitive information to anyone with access to the archive.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

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-2026-73834
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517904

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-18 16:18

Updated : 2026-09-05 18:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-73834

Mitre link : CVE-2026-73834

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-73834

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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