Privilege Escalation in Red Hat Advanced Cluster (CVE-2026-73122)
Summary
Vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster (CVE-2026-73122). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in the multicloud-operators-channel component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM). This vulnerability allows a compromised agent from a managed cluster to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. Specifically, the agent can read all Secrets and ConfigMaps within any Channel namespace on the hub, potentially exposing credentials for other tenants' Git and Helm repositories. This could lead to significant information disclosure.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-73122 has been found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Red Hat Advanced Cluster CVE-2026-73122" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-73122 (Red Hat Advanced Cluster) — CWE-269 / CVSS v3 7.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-269) exists in Red Hat Advanced Cluster.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Red Hat Advanced Cluster.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.7/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Red Hat Advanced Cluster を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web access.redhat.com
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- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com
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