Red Hat Streams 2/3 Console config.providers/bootstrap.servers information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Streams 2/3. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Console. Performing a manipulation of the argument config.providers/bootstrap.servers results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-96740. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Streams 2/3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Console. The manipulation of the argument config.providers/bootstrap.servers with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in the StreamsHub Console for Apache Kafka. Tenant-supplied Kafka client properties from the Console custom resource are copied into the console-api AdminClient configuration without filtering security-sensitive keys, allowing a Console CR author to set config.providers and bootstrap.servers to exfiltrate the console-api ServiceAccount token to an attacker-controlled broker.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-96740 since 09/23/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/28/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Temp Score: 2.7
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

09/23/2026 CVE reserved
09/28/2026 +5 days Advisory disclosed
09/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-96740 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-96740
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-411117

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2026 19:50
Changes: 09/28/2026 19:50 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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