CVE-2026-77968 — Hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: cluster-wide secrets read/write granted to operator serviceaccount
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-ru…
Published: 2026-09-08 · CVSS: 8.2 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7