Description
A flaw was found in acm-operator-bundle. The build process for this component downloads and runs a script from a remote source without verifying its authenticity or integrity. This script gains access to sensitive credentials, such as GitHub access tokens and registry passwords, used in the build environment. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious code, leading to unauthorized access to build resources and potential compromise of the resulting operator bundle.
Published: 2026-08-19
Score: 8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The issue is a flaw in the acm-operator-bundle build process where a script is downloaded and executed from a remote source without any verification of authenticity or integrity. The script has access to sensitive credentials, such as GitHub access tokens and registry passwords, that are used during the build. An attacker who can influence this remote source could insert malicious code, leading to unauthorized access to build resources and the compromise of the operator bundle.

Affected Systems

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes version 2 is impacted. Specific patch or sub‑version details are not provided in the data, so all releases of the 2.x line should be considered vulnerable until an official fix is released.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.0 classifies this vulnerability as high severity. EPSS data is not available, making the current exploit probability uncertain, but the lack of a known KEV listing suggests no widespread exploitation has been observed yet. The likely attack vector involves an attacker who can modify the remote script source or otherwise influence the build environment, since the flaw requires the script to be executed in that context. This suggests that only users who have the ability to alter the build source or path can exploit the vulnerability, but once they do, the impact is significant.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 20, 2026 at 09:24 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Install the updated version of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes that contains the vendor’s security fix as soon as it is available
  • Add integrity checks or enforce code signing for all externally downloaded scripts used by the acm-operator-bundle build process, rejecting any script that does not meet the validation criteria
  • Restrict the permissions of the build environment so that downloaded scripts run with only the minimum privileges required, and limit the exposure of build credentials to necessary scopes only
  • If a patch is not yet available, temporarily disable the ability of the build process to execute external scripts until the flaw is resolved

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 20, 2026 at 09:24 UTC.

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History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.11::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.15::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.16::el9
References

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2 cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.13::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.14::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.17::el9
References

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes
Vendors & Products Redhat advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in acm-operator-bundle. The build process for this component downloads and runs a script from a remote source without verifying its authenticity or integrity. This script gains access to sensitive credentials, such as GitHub access tokens and registry passwords, used in the build environment. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious code, leading to unauthorized access to build resources and potential compromise of the resulting operator bundle.
Title Acm-operator-bundle: acm-operator-bundle: bundle build execs unpinned stolostron/release@master with full build credentials
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat acm
Weaknesses CWE-829
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat acm
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Redhat Acm Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T12:30:58.246Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T18:59:18.093Z

Link: CVE-2026-76139

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T13:55:34.242Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-19T21:17:38.070

Modified: 2026-09-08T13:17:24.770

Link: CVE-2026-76139

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-19T19:38:18Z

Links: CVE-2026-76139 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T21:16:14Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-829

    Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere