What is CVE-2026-73834?

CVE-2026-73834 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-73834?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2

CVE-2026-73834

A flaw was found in the must-gather component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. Certain ACM wrapper Custom Resources that embed Secret data are collected without redaction. When an administrator runs must-gather, credentials and tokens are captured in cleartext in the resulting archive, potentially exposing sensitive information to anyone with access to the archive.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-73834?: CVE-2026-73834 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-73834?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.