Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes Cache Refresh getFederationConfig improper authorization

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A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes and classified as problematic. This affects the function getFederationConfig of the component Cache Refresh. This manipulation causes improper authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-71468. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getFederationConfig of the component Cache Refresh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in acm-search-v2-api-rhel9. When the `getFederationConfig` function refreshes its cache, it improperly reuses a user's bearer token for all subsequent federated requests until the cache expires. This allows other authenticated users to gain unauthorized access to remote managed hub search results, leading to information disclosure.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-71468 since 08/06/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/11/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Virtualization Software

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• Red Hat

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• Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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