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CVE-2026-71846: Insights-client: insights-client: clusterrole grants cluster-wide secrets get/list/watch beyond least privilege

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-12 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-250

Description

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: 2.0
• RedHat Insights-Client: all versions

References

• 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
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512569

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