Medium [CVE-2026-7163] Authenticated users can gain administrative access to OpenShift clusters via credential disclosure
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-7163 affecting multicluster-engine/assisted-service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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Summary
Authenticated users can gain administrative access to OpenShift clusters via credential disclosure. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 6.1).
Weakness: CWE-312. Affected package(s): multicluster-engine/assisted-service.
Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:12116 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- multicluster-engine/assisted-service-8-rhel8:1778464111
- multicluster-engine/assisted-service-9-rhel9:1778464072
- multicluster-engine/assisted-service-8-rhel8:1777205801
- multicluster-engine/assisted-service-9-rhel9:1776983527
- multicluster-engine/assisted-service-9-rhel9:1776987609
- multicluster-engine/assisted-service-9-rhel9:1777205772
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- RHSA-2026:12116
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:12116 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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