CVE-2026-10079

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.

Published 31 Jul 2026, 10:16 UTC Last modified 31 Jul 2026, 10:16 UTC

8.5

CVSS 3.1 HIGH base score CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack profile

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Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Low

Integrity High

Availability None

Exploitability3.1

Impact4.7

Affected products

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Weakness classification

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CWECWE-345

Source references

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NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference secalert@redhat.com 02 Technical reference secalert@redhat.com