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.

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Restrict access to the hawtio-operator namespace and limit who can exec into the operator pod. Monitor cluster audit logs for unexpected Secret access patterns from the hawtio-operator ServiceAccount. As a defence-in-depth measure, apply a NetworkPolicy to the operator namespace restricting egress to only the Kubernetes API server and required service endpoints.

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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: cluster-wide secrets read/write granted to operator serviceaccount
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat apache Camel Hawtio
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_hawtio:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat apache Camel Hawtio
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T14:05:23.465Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T10:25:52.077Z

Link: CVE-2026-77968

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T14:05:13.749Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-08T12:16:59.427

Modified: 2026-09-08T15:18:46.840

Link: CVE-2026-77968

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T12:30:17Z

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