CVE-2026-77968EPSS p34.1%

CVE-2026-77968CVE-2026-77968

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.

Scoring

CVSS 8.2 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS0.42% probability of exploitation · percentile 34.1% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-08
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