High severity · published Sep 8, 2026
CVE-2026-77968
Hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: cluster-wide secrets read/write granted to operator serviceaccount
8.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in hawtio-operator. The operator's ClusterRole grants secrets: [create, get, list, update, watch] across all namespaces. While the operator uses a controller-runtime label-selector cache as a memory optimization, the ServiceAccount token authorizes read access to every Secret in the cluster. The operator also bypasses the cache via direct API calls. Compromise of the operator pod would yield read access to every Secret in the cluster, including bootstrap tokens, cloud credentials, and other operators' secrets.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77968
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77968
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77968
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524896
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