Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2026-73834Must-gather: must-gather: embedded secret data in acm wrapper crs collected without redaction
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 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 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A flaw was found in the must-gather component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. Certain ACM wrapper Custom Resources that embed Secret data are collected without redaction. When an administrator runs must-gather, credentials and tokens are captured in cleartext in the resulting archive, potentially exposing sensitive information to anyone with access to the archive.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | see references |
Weakness: CWE-312 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- RHSA-2026:60386 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60387 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60388 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60389 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60390 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60391 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73834 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2517904 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT