A flaw was found in the cluster-samples-operator. The RBAC Role coreos-pull-secret-reader in namespace openshift-config grants get, list, and watch permissions on all Secret resources without resourceNames scoping. The operator only requires access to the pull-secret Secret. If the samples-operator pod or its service account token is compromised through a separate vulnerability, an attacker could read all secrets in openshift-config, potentially including OAuth identity provider credentials, cloud provider credentials, and other sensitive cluster configuration.
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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in the cluster-samples-operator. The RBAC Role coreos-pull-secret-reader in namespace openshift-config grants get, list, and watch permissions on all Secret resources without resourceNames scoping. The operator only requires access to the pull-secret Secret. If the samples-operator pod or its service account token is compromised through a separate vulnerability, an attacker could read all secrets in openshift-config, potentially including OAuth identity provider credentials, cloud provider credentials, and other sensitive cluster configuration.
Title Cluster-samples-operator: role reads all secrets in openshift-config, not just pull-secret
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-250
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T19:59:13.232Z

Reserved: 2026-10-07T12:39:11.178Z

Link: CVE-2026-107176

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-07T20:17:11.153

Modified: 2026-10-07T20:17:11.153

Link: CVE-2026-107176

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