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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.3 Medium

CVE-2026-71845

Insights-client: insights-client: ccx_token bearer credential logged in clear text at startup via setdefault()

Description

A flaw was found in insights-client. The setDefault() function logs the value of every environment variable it processes, including CCX_TOKEN, a bearer credential used in disconnected cluster deployments. When glog verbosity is set to level 2 or higher, the token is written in clear text to the pod log on every startup. An attacker with access to pod logs or centralized logging could obtain the credential, leading to unauthorized access to the CCX API.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11

Default version status: affected

  • 1787688993 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13

Default version status: affected

  • 1787259125 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14

Default version status: affected

  • 1786882244 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15

Default version status: affected

  • 1787238585 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16

Default version status: affected

  • 1787184541 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17

Default version status: affected

  • 1787227689 to < *unaffected

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