---
id: CVE-2026-81320
title: A flaw was found in hawtio-operator
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in hawtio-operator. When a custom Route TLS secret is
  configured and the operator runs at debug log level 1 or higher, the entire
  Route object — including the TLS private key in PEM format — is serialized to
  JSON and wri…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-532
vendor: Red Hat
product: rhbac-4/hawtio-rhel9
affected:
  - rhbac-4/hawtio-rhel9 (all versions)
published: '2026-09-15'
updated: '2026-09-17'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-17T19:17:03.423'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81320'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81320'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524898'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-81320.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81320'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81320'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-17T18:28:08.390435Z'
epss: 0.00194
epssPercentile: 0.08075
ingestedAt: '2026-09-15T06:32:35.355Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in hawtio-operator. When a custom Route TLS secret is configured and the operator runs at debug log level 1 or higher, the entire Route object — including the TLS private key in PEM format — is serialized to JSON and written to the operator's standard output. Operator logs are typically forwarded to centralized logging systems and readable by anyone with pods/log access in the openshift-operators namespace. Debug level 1 is a low threshold commonly enabled during troubleshooting.

## Remediation

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

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 · updated 2026-09-15 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-81320.json)