Answer in brief
CVE-2026-77968 records a High severity (CVSS 8.2) vulnerability in Hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: cluster-wide secrets read/write granted to operator serviceaccount. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/rhbac-4/hawtio-operator-bundle (generic), Red Hat/rhbac-4/hawtio-rhel9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.2. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Red Hat/rhbac-4/hawtio-operator-bundle (generic), Red Hat/rhbac-4/hawtio-rhel9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/rhbac-4/hawtio-operator-bundlegeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhbac-4/hawtio-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 8, 2026
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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