---
id: CVE-2026-93017
title: >-
  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 cl…
summary: >-
  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 cl…
severity: high
cvss: 7.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: Red Hat
product: openshift4/ose-insights-rhel8-operator
affected:
  - openshift4/ose-insights-rhel8-operator (all versions)
  - openshift4/ose-insights-rhel9-operator (all versions)
published: '2026-10-08'
updated: '2026-10-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-10T04:18:19.450'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93017'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93017'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515741'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83502'
    label: 'RHSA-2026:83502'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83702'
    label: 'RHSA-2026:83702'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83480'
    label: 'RHSA-2026:83480'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82785'
    label: 'RHSA-2026:82785'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82813'
    label: 'RHSA-2026:82813'
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-93017.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93017'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93017'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00374
epssPercentile: 0.31158
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T14:47:16.348Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-10T03:09:17.420970Z'
patched:
  - openshift_container_platform 4.14
  - openshift_container_platform 4.15
  - openshift_container_platform 4.19
  - openshift_container_platform 4.20
  - openshift_container_platform 4.21
---

## Overview

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"
```

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:82785** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 · released 2026-10-22 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82785)
- **RHSA-2026:82813** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 · released 2026-10-22 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82813)
- **RHSA-2026:83480** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 · released 2026-10-21 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83480)
- **RHSA-2026:83502** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 · released 2026-10-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83502)
- **RHSA-2026:83702** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 · released 2026-10-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83702)