---
id: CVE-2026-71846
title: A flaw was found in insights-client
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in insights-client. The component's ServiceAccount is bound
  to a ClusterRole granting cluster-wide secrets get, list, and watch
  permissions, while the code only requires access to a single specific Secret.
  This excessive…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-250
vendor: redhat
product: advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes
affected:
  - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes = 2.0
  - insights-client
published: '2026-08-12'
updated: '2026-09-05'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71846'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71846'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512569'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-71846.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71846'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71846'
tags:
  - nvd
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00121
epssPercentile: 0.02184
ingestedAt: '2026-09-05T16:41:56.682Z'
patched:
  - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes 2.11
  - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes 2.13
  - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes 2.14
  - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes 2.15
  - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes 2.16
  - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes 2.17
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in insights-client. The component's ServiceAccount is bound to a ClusterRole granting cluster-wide secrets get, list, and watch permissions, while the code only requires access to a single specific Secret. This excessive privilege means that a compromise of the insights-client pod or ServiceAccount token would grant an attacker read access to all Secrets across the hub cluster, including managed-cluster kubeconfigs and other sensitive credentials.

## Affected

- `advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes = 2.0`
- `insights-client`

## Remediation

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

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:60387** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 · released 2026-08-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387)
- **RHSA-2026:60390** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 · released 2026-08-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390)
- **RHSA-2026:60388** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 · released 2026-08-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388)
- **RHSA-2026:60389** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 · released 2026-08-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389)
- **RHSA-2026:60391** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 · released 2026-08-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391)
- **RHSA-2026:60386** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 · released 2026-08-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386)