---
id: CVE-2026-107176
title: A flaw was found in the cluster-samples-operator
summary: >-
  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 requ…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-250
vendor: Red Hat
product: openshift4/ose-cluster-samples-operator
affected:
  - openshift4/ose-cluster-samples-operator (all versions)
  - openshift4/ose-cluster-samples-rhel9-operator (all versions)
published: '2026-10-07'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:17:13.860'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107176'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107176'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523035'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-07T19:59:03.424144Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.978Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.