---
id: CVE-2026-93017
title: >-
  The `insights-operator-gather` 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 cl…
summary: >-
  The `insights-operator-gather` 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 cl…
severity: high
cvss: 7.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: Red Hat
product: openshift4/ose-insights-rhel8-operator
affected:
  - openshift4/ose-insights-rhel8-operator (all versions)
  - openshift4/ose-insights-rhel9-operator (all versions)
published: '2026-10-08'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T15:17:56.950'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93017'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93017'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515741'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T14:47:16.348Z'
---

## Overview

The `insights-operator-gather` 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
```
- apiGroups:
  - ""
  resources:
  - secrets
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
```

By spawning a pod with the gather service account mounted, an attacker will be able to access any secret in any namespace.

```
spec:
 serviceAccountName:"gather"
```

## Remediation

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