CVE-2026-77968 Hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: cluster-wide secrets read/write granted to operator serviceaccount
Compromised operator pod gains cluster-wide read access to all secrets due to overly permissive RBAC configuration.
- 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-2026-77968?
CVE-2026-77968 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4, published on 8 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-77968?
How do I fix CVE-2026-77968?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-77968 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-77968 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-77968 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r6x8-cqxr-wwp4.