VulnerabilityPublished 7 Oct 2026Updated 30 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-107176: CWE-250

Source GCVE Database

Authoritative record:CVE-2026-107176· Medium 6.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.8 Medium · fixed in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 package updates : update Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 01:17 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.8Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)	CVSS 3.1	6.8

Patch: Available – fixed in 4.22.20

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Adjacent
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Adjacent: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack, but the attack is limited at the protocol level to a logically adjacent topology. This can mean an attack must be launched from the same shared physical (e.g., Bluetooth or IEEE 802.11) or logical (e.g., local IP subnet) network, or from within a secure or otherwise limited administrative domain (e.g., MPLS, secure VPN to an administrative network zone).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 7 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

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Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20openshift4/ose-cluster-samples-rhel9-operator	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21openshift4/ose-cluster-samples-rhel9-operator	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22openshift4/ose-cluster-samples-rhel9-operator	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4openshift4/ose-cluster-samples-operator	Affected–	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released OpenShift Container Platform 4.22.20 which includes a security update fixing this vulnerability. Users of OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 are advised to upgrade to version 4.22.20 or later to remediate the issue. Follow the official Red Hat documentation for upgrading your cluster and applying the asynchronous errata update. No other mitigation is indicated or required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A vulnerability in the cluster-samples-operator of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform allows excessive permissions via the RBAC Role coreos-pull-secret-reader in the openshift-config namespace. This role grants get, list, and watch permissions on all Secret resources without restricting to specific resourceNames, while the operator only needs access to the pull-secret Secret. If the samples-operator pod or its service account token is compromised, an attacker could read all secrets in the namespace, potentially exposing sensitive credentials and cluster configuration. Red Hat has released OpenShift Container Platform 4.22.20 with a security update addressing this issue.

Impact

An attacker who gains control over the samples-operator pod or its service account token could exploit this vulnerability to read all Secret resources in the openshift-config namespace. This could lead to disclosure of highly sensitive information such as OAuth identity provider credentials and cloud provider credentials, potentially compromising the entire cluster's security posture. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.8 (medium severity), reflecting the moderate complexity and the requirement for some level of access to exploit.

CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: Medium
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
Architecture and Design · Operation · Environment Hardening
Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment.
Architecture and Design · Separation of Privilege
Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code.
Architecture and Design · Attack Surface Reduction
Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Docker Security (opens in a new tab)
Vulnerable Dependency Management (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V1.14.5 (opens in a new tab)
V1.2.1 (opens in a new tab)
V14.2.6 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Cross Zone Scripting (opens in a new tab)
Expanding Control over the Operating System from the Database (opens in a new tab)
Target Programs with Elevated Privileges (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 30 Oct 2026, 01:17 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-250

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