CVE-2026-93017 Insights-operator: gather serviceaccount has cluster-wide secret read plus nodes/proxy and cluster-reader
The insights-operator service account has excessive cluster-wide secret read permissions, allowing attackers to access sensitive data across all namespaces.
- 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-2026-93017?
CVE-2026-93017 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12, published on 8 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The `insights-operator-gather` ClusterRole grants the operator's service account read access to secrets in the core API group with no namespace or resourceNames restriction — therefore, access to every secret in every namespace in the cluster.
Ref: https://github.com/openshift/insights-operator/blob/8f15e3157ff09f54ab22801f5b21da35a195cc6d/manifests/03-clusterrole.yaml#L368-L373 ``` - apiGroups: - "" resources: - secrets verbs: - get - list ```
By spawning a pod with the gather service account mounted, an attacker will be able to access any secret in any namespace.
``` spec: serviceAccountName:"gather" ```
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-93017?
How do I fix CVE-2026-93017?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-93017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-93017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-93017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-97xr-6xrj-3f39.