Vulnerability · CVE-2026-93017
The ClusterRole grants the operator's service account read access to secrets in the core API group with no namespace or resourceNames restriction — therefore, access t…
Published Oct 8, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 23, 2026 · the affected product
Last checked Oct 25, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-93017. EPSS is 0.37%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.37%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- See sources for product scope
The 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 By spawning a pod with the gather service account mounted, an attacker will be able to access any secret in any namespace.
No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.
How to fix CVE-2026-93017
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-93017. EPSS is 0.37%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. EPSS 0.37%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 8, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
The 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 By spawning a pod with the gather service acc
Oct 20, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
The 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 By spawning a pod with the gather service acc
Oct 21, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
The 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 By spawning a pod with the gather service acc
Oct 23, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
The 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 By spawning a pod with the gather service acc
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-93017
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-93017
30-day exploitation probability 0.37%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-93017
The 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/i
nvd.nist.gov - OpenCVEVendor advisoryCVE-2026-93017
CVE-2026-93017 is named on the public OpenCVE page.
opencve.io
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 25, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 25, 2026
- NIST NVDOct 23, 2026
- OpenCVEOct 23, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 21, 2026