CVE-2026-10079

HighCVSS 8.5

Published: 31/07/2026(UTC)Updated: 03/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 31/07/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS) where processing Kubernetes Deployments replaces identity metadata based on the openshift.io/encoded-deployment-config label. A user with permission to create Deployments can set this label to "null", causing ACS to treat the workload as having empty UID, name, labels and namespace "default". This bypasses deploy-time policy detection and enforcement visibility, prevents correct persistence in Central and breaks violation reporting and compliance correlation for the affected deployment.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can bypass ACS security policies by hiding malicious deployments from detection, potentially leading to Kubernetes cluster security breaches.

Recommendation

Update RHACS to a patched version and monitor the use of the openshift.io/encoded-deployment-config label in Deployments.

Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes

CVE-2026-9165High
A flaw in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS) allows an authenticated user with a valid API token to send deeply nested GraphQL queries, causing excessive resource consumption in Central and resulting in a denial of service for the management plane.

Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS). When processing Kubernetes Deployments, ACS replaces deployment identity metadata based on the openshift.io/encoded-deployment-config label. A user with permission to create Deployments can set this label to "null", causing ACS to treat the workload as having empty UID, name and labels and namespace "default". This bypasses deploy-time policy detection and enforcement visibility, prevents correct persistence in Central and breaks violation reporting and compliance correlation for the affected deployment.