Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2026 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2026-10101Assisted-service: assisted-service: infraenv status leaks referenced pull-secret contents to namespace view users
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
ACM/MCE assisted-service writes raw referenced pull-secret contents into `InfraEnv.status.conditions[].message` when pull-secret validation fails. A namespace principal with the stock `view` ClusterRole cannot directly read Secrets, but can read `InfraEnv` objects and recover the referenced Secret's `.dockerconfigjson` data from status. This bypasses the Kubernetes/OpenShift RBAC separation between read-only namespace viewers and Secret readers. In the reproduced proof, the same ServiceAccount was denied `get` and `list` on Secrets, but recovered synthetic pull-secret `username`, `password`, `email`, and base64 `auth` fields through `InfraEnv.status`.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes | see references |
Weakness: CWE-201 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10101 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2483298 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT