CVE-2025-11393 Misconfigured Internal Proxy in runtimes-inventory-rhel8-operator Grants Standard Users Full Cluster Administrator Access
A misconfigured proxy in the Runtimes Inventory Operator allows standard users to execute administrative commands, leading to privilege escalation and unauthorized cluster modifications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-11393?
CVE-2025-11393 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Lightspeed (formerly Insights) for Runtimes 1.0, published on 15 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in runtimes-inventory-rhel8-operator. An internal proxy component is incorrectly configured. Because of this flaw, the proxy attaches the cluster's main administrative credentials to any command it receives, instead of only the specific reports it is supposed to handle.
This allows a standard user within the cluster to send unauthorized commands to the management platform, effectively acting with the full permissions of the cluster administrator. This could lead to unauthorized changes to the cluster's configuration or status on the Red Hat platform.
Weakness: CWE-441
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11393?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/RedHatInsights/runtimes-inventory-operator.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/RedHatInsights/runtimes-inventory-operator Go | All versions | None |
github.com/RedHatInsights/runtimes-inventory-operator Go | All versions to 0.0.0-20251211184433-5123422abee1 | None |
github.com/RedHatInsights/runtimes-inventory-operator Go | All versions to 0.0.0-20251211184433-5123422abee1 | None |
How do I fix CVE-2025-11393?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-11393 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11393 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cc8c-28gj-px38, GO-2025-4241.