CVE-2026-93017

Status: Awaiting AnalysisHigh (7.7)—

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.

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" ```

Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report

Ref: https://github.com/openshift/insights-operator/blob/8f15e3157ff09f54ab22801f5b21da35a195cc6d/manifests/03-clusterrole.yaml#L368-L373
```
- apiGroups:
  - ""
  resources:
  - secrets
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
```

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base score: 7.7

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 10
Score date: 10/13/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement75 %
Primary impactT1552.007 Container APIcredential access85 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation70 %

AV:N/PR:L sin interacción → T1210 (servicios remotos con privilegios). Acceso a secretos en todas las namespaces (credenciales, tokens) → T1552.007. Escalada potencial vía secretos de admin.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Redhat — Openshift Container Platform^AI

CWEs

CWE-269

References

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