A flaw was found in the Submariner operator. This vulnerability allows for the exposure of a long-lived broker service account (SA) bearer token within the Submariner Custom Resource (CR) specification. An attacker with access to the cluster's etcd database or through `kubectl get` commands could obtain this token. The possession of this token grants full control over the mesh network, enabling unauthorized management of network resources such as endpoints and secrets.
History

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Submariner-operator: submariner-operator: broker api bearer token stored cleartext in cr spec Submariner-operator: operator clusterrole grants cluster-wide create/update on all configmaps
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes
Vendors & Products Redhat advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in the Submariner operator. This vulnerability allows for the exposure of a long-lived broker service account (SA) bearer token within the Submariner Custom Resource (CR) specification. An attacker with access to the cluster's etcd database or through `kubectl get` commands could obtain this token. The possession of this token grants full control over the mesh network, enabling unauthorized management of network resources such as endpoints and secrets.
Title Submariner-operator: submariner-operator: broker api bearer token stored cleartext in cr spec
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat acm
Weaknesses CWE-312
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat acm
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T19:59:50.478Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T17:51:24.885Z

Link: CVE-2026-66782

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T19:47:53.599Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T17:17:00.710

Modified: 2026-09-01T20:17:15.653

Link: CVE-2026-66782

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-18T16:35:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-66782 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T06:45:05Z