CVE-2026-10079 Stackrox: stackrox: deploy-time policy enforcement and visibility bypass via label injection
Attackers can bypass deploy-time policy enforcement and visibility in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security by injecting null labels into Kubernetes deployments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-10079?
CVE-2026-10079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4, published on 31 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS). When processing Kubernetes Deployments, ACS replaces deployment identity metadata based on the openshift.io/encoded-deployment-config label. A user with permission to create Deployments can set this label to "null", causing ACS to treat the workload as having empty UID, name and labels and namespace "default". This bypasses deploy-time policy detection and enforcement visibility, prevents correct persistence in Central and breaks violation reporting and compliance correlation for the affected deployment.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-10079?
How do I fix CVE-2026-10079?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-10079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-10079 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-10079 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vq3f-pc8h-pv73.